A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Friendship Quotes, Love Quotes

Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility

Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow

Every wall is a door.

Every wall is a door.

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best...

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best...

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path...

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path...

Men are what their mothers made them.

Men are what their mothers made them.

The beautiful rests on the foundations of the necessary

The beautiful rests on the foundations of the necessary

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile...it's the spiritual...

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile...it's the spiritual...

Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their...

Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their...

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for...

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for...

Every wall is a door.

Every wall is a door.

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom...

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom...

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.