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, Virtue Quotes

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

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...

There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every...

There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every...

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

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 years teach much which the days never knew.

The years teach much which the days never knew.

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

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...

They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant...

They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant...

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

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

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

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and...

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and...

With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and...

With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and...

He who owns the soil, owns up to the sky.

He who owns the soil, owns up to the sky.