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

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.

Friends are nothing but a known enemy

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

Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.

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

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

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

There is a magic in the memory of a schoolboy friendship. It softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.

Real friends stab you in the front.

Friends are God's way of apologizing for your family.

I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.

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

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

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

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

What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.

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

The best kind of friend is the kind you sit with, never say a word and walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you ever had.

Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.

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