Clearly, having friends improves our lives. And best friends? They make every good thing even better.

Trouble shared is trouble halved.

Sons branch out, but one woman leads to another.

Blessed influence of one truly loving soul on another!

That is the most common excuse, and the most foolish of all. Love has never prevented a man from following his dreams. If she truly loves you, she will want the best for you.

The strength of a friendship can be measured by the weight of the burden it's willing to share. (If you want to test this just ask someone to help you move.)

Who among your acquaintances, a. encourages you most b. cautions you most c. discourages you most d. helps you most in other ways

She needed what most colored girls needed: a chorus of mamas, grandmamas, aunts, cousins, sisters, neighbors, Sunday school teachers, best girl friends, and what all to give her the strength life demanded of her—and the humor with which to live it.

Nine times out of ten, when you extend your arms to someone, they will step in, because basically they need precisely what you need.

The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are.

The rule of the universe is that others can do for us what we cannot do for ourselves, and one can paddle every canoe except one's own.

Let us no more contend, nor blame each other, blamed enough elsewhere, but strive, In offices of love, how we may lighten each other's burden.