A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Friendship Quotes

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at...

The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at...

The years teach much which the days never know.

The years teach much which the days never know.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the...

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the...

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

We take care of our health, we lay up money, we make our roof tight...

We take care of our health, we lay up money, we make our roof tight...

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and...

Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and...

Money often costs too much.

Money often costs too much.

The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?

The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?

Men are what their mothers made them

Men are what their mothers made them

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Fear is met and destroyed with courage. Again and again when the struggle seems hopeless...

Fear is met and destroyed with courage. Again and again when the struggle seems hopeless...

Without fear and illness, I could never have accomplished all I have.

Without fear and illness, I could never have accomplished all I have.

The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image...

The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image...