Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body.
Soul-mates are people who bring out the best in you. They are not perfect but are always perfect for you.
Trouble is part of your life, and if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you enough chance to love you enough.
Don't settle for the one you can live with, wait for the one you can't live without.
No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?
You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.
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.
When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.