I am a big believer that you have to nourish any relationship. I am still very much a part of read more

I am a big believer that you have to nourish any relationship. I am still very much a part of my friends' lives and they are very much a part of my life. A First Lady who does not have this source of strength and comfort can lose perspective and become isolated.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which strengthens with the setting sun of life.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which strengthens with the setting sun of life.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.

True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.

The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.

The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.

Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet
never really meet; and two others at read more

Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet
never really meet; and two others at first speech are old
friends.

The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does read more

The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.

Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.

Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.