Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

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

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

I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

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.

I get by with a little help from my friends.

Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.

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

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

Man's best support is a very dear friend.

Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.

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.

Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause for envy.

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.