There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you
A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.
I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
True friends ... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.
Real friends stab you in the front.
The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
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 friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.
So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.
Anybody amuses me for once. A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.
Between friends there is no need of justice.
Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.
I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft...
Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
