There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

Topics: Friendship Quotes

Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is...

Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is...

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light...

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light...

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing...

I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing...

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you...

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you...

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can...

A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can...

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that...

Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that...

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more...

It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more...

On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth...

On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth...

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

You make me chuckle when you say that you are no longer young, that you...

You make me chuckle when you say that you are no longer young, that you...

Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that...

Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that...

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in...

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in...

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.

Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions.

Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions.

Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our...

Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our...