The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.
You are my best friend as well as my lover, and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most. I treasure each side, just as I have treasured our life together.
There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.
Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else.
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.
Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.
A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.
A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
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.
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.
People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
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.
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things, does the heart find its morning and is refreshed.
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
Real friends stab you in the front.
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.
