You always think you could have done more. That's why you need a friend - to tell you you did all you could.
Say what you want about aging, it's still the only way to have old friends.
Our most difficult task as a friend is to offer understanding when we don't understand.
Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie.
I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.
The thing about a friendly smile is not just that it makes people like you but that it makes them like themselves.
As a friend, you first give your understanding, then you try to understand.
Most of us don't need a psychiatric therapist as much as a friend to be silly with.
The strongest marriage is between two who seek the same God, the strongest friendship between two who flee the same devil.
We are each the star of our own situation comedy, and, with luck, the screwball friend in somebody else's.
What do we ask of friendship except to be taken for what we pretend to be - and without having to pretend.
I like friends who, when you tell them you need a moment alone, know enough not to stray too far.
