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

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air¦

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air¦

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on...

The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on...

Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for...

Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for...

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what...

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests,...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests,...

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

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...

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

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...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

A man in debt is so far a slave.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

It would be easier to pay off the national debt overnight than to neutralize the...

It would be easier to pay off the national debt overnight than to neutralize the...

Death's the discharge of our debt of sorrow

Death's the discharge of our debt of sorrow