Friendship is love without his wings!

Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else.

The more you let yourself go, the less others let you go.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Between friends there is no need of justice.

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.

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

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

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

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

A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

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

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back

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

Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

You don't live in a world all alone. Your brothers are here too.

It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.

We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbour.

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.