If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect us ourselves.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them and that we have lost some who had a good opinion of us.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder.John F. Kennedy
Grief can take care if itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.Mark Twain