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

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

A good friend will always stab you in the front.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

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

People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.

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

Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.

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

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

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

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

There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.

If you go out looking for friends, you're going to find they are very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.

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

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

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