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

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

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

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.

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.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.

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

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

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

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

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

Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.

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

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 shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

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

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

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