A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Friendship Quotes

A little integrity is better than any career

A little integrity is better than any career

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with...

Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with...

Every man is a channel through which heaven floweth

Every man is a channel through which heaven floweth

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight...

The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight...

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

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 hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue

The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

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

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

Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden...

Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden...

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession...

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession...