A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Friendship Quotes

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes...

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes...

Love, and you shall be loved

Love, and you shall be loved

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience.

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

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

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

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider...

The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider...

Let the beauty you love be what you do. There are a thousand ways to...

Let the beauty you love be what you do. There are a thousand ways to...

Men are what their mothers made them.

Men are what their mothers made them.

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope...

Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope...

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?