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

The majority of people permit relatives, friends, and the public at large to so influence them that they cannot live their own lives, because they fear criticism.

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

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.

If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.

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

True friends ... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.

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

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

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

If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.

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

Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.

The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.

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

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

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

Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.