Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.

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.

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one. -Robert E. Lee.

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one. -Robert E. Lee.

What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?

What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?

I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends...They're read more

I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends...They're the ones that keep me walking the floor nights!

The friendship we share grows amidst the craggy rock pond; reeds of water spray fireflies scented with bonfires.

The friendship we share grows amidst the craggy rock pond; reeds of water spray fireflies scented with bonfires.

Agreement in likes and dislikes--this, and this only, is what
constitutes true friendship.

Agreement in likes and dislikes--this, and this only, is what
constitutes true friendship.

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.

Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing read more

Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality.