Any religious person who says he does not really need human friends because God is his Friend is calling God a liar because He's the One Who says we also need human friends.

While it only takes one spouse to be friendly, it takes both spouses to be friends. When both spouses are unfriendly, the marriage is marked by conflict and coldness. When one spouse is friendly and the other is unfriendly, the marriage is marked by selfishness and sadness. But when both spouses each make a deep, heartfelt covenant with God to continually seek to become a better friend, increasing love and laughter mark the marriage.

Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy must have somebody to divide it with.

When you ascend the hill of prosperity, may you not meet a friend.

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

I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century.

The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are right.

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

I have lost friends, some by death...others by sheer inability to cross the street.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

A real friend is someone who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.