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

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.

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

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Anybody amuses me for once. A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.

Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft...