Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
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.
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.
A good friend will always stab you in the front.
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.
There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.
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.
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else.
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.
My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.
It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.
True friends ... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.
There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still.
Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.
Anybody amuses me for once. A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.
Well, it's 1 a.m. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids.
If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.
