The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Friendship Quotes, Love Quotes

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange...

Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange...

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

Our strength grows out of our weaknesses

Our strength grows out of our weaknesses

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

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.

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with...

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with...

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

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

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature,...

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature,...

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well...

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because...

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because...