What you are comes to you.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature

'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or...

'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or...

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

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...

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for competitors.

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for competitors.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.

Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

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...

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to...

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to...

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...

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.