Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

The trouble is that people seem to expect happiness in life. I can't imagine why; but they do. They are unhappy before they marry, and they imagine to themselves that the reason of their unhappiness will be removed when they are married. When it isn't they blame the other person, which is clearly absurd. I believe that is what generally starts the trouble.

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

I get by with a little help from my friends.

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.

I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still.

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.