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"A female friend, amiable, clever, and devoted, is a possession more valuable than parks and palaces; and without such a muse, few men can succeed in life, none be contented."
"If you lose money you lose much, If you lose friends you lose more, If you lose faith you lose all."
"Until you can see everything in the world as your friend, your work is not done."
"There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self."
"Friends become wiser together through a healthy clash of viewpoints."
"I remember when the candle shop burned down. Everyone stood around singing 'Happy Birthday.'"
"The best way to make your spouse and children feel secure is not with big deposits in bank account, but with little deposits of thoughtfulness and affection in the 'love account.'"
"Friends are much better tried in bad fortune than in good."
"Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly."
"Do what you do so well that they will want to see it again and bring their friends."
"In comradeship is danger countered best."
"When I first met Kate I knew there was something very special about her. I knew there was possibly something that I wanted to explore there. We ended up being friends for a while and that just sort of was a good foundation. Because I do generally believe now that being friends with one another is a massive advantage. And It just went from there."
"If you treat your wife like a thoroughbred, you'll never end up with a nag."
"Every day, I work at not taking this fame thing seriously. Fortunately, I have a great group of friends who help me do this."
"That was the thing about best friends. Like sisters and mothers, they could piss you off and make you cry and break your heart, but in the end, when the chips were down, they were there, making you laugh even in your darkest hours."
"We nourish the bodies of our children and friends and employees, but how seldom do we nourish their selfesteem? We provide them with roast beef and potatoes to build energy, but we neglect to give them kind words of appreciation that would sing in their memories for years like the music of the morning stars."
"I feel that compassionate thought is the most precious thing there is. It is something that only we human beings can develop. And if we have a good heart, a warm heart, warm feelings, we will be happy and satisfied ourselves, and our friends will experience a friendly and peaceful atmosphere as well. This can be experienced community to community, country to country, continent to continent."
"The best thing a parent can do for a child is to love his or her spouse."
"When you're a little kid, you don't see color, and the fact that my friends were black never crossed my mind. It never became an issue until I was a teenager and started trying to rap."
"Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again."
