"The have a good friend is one..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If you have a nation of men who have risen to that height of moral cultivation that they will not declare war or carry arms, for they have not so much madness left in their brains, you have a nation of lovers, of benefactors, of true, great, and able men.”

“Conversation is our account of ourselves...Conversation is the vent of character as well as thoughts...It is the laboratory of the student.”

“Proverbs, words, and grammar inflections convey the public sense with more purity and precision, than the wisest individual.”

“For I do not want any one to read my book carelessly. I have suffered too much grief in setting down these memories. Six years have already passed since my friend went away from me, with his sheep. If I try to describe him here, it is to make sure that I shall not forget him. To forget a friend is sad. Not every one has had a friend. And if I forget him, I may become like the grown-ups who are no longer interested in anything but figures.”

“It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.”

“Only equals make friends, every other relationship is contrived and off balance.”

“The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.”

“Grandmas can shed the yoke of responsibility, relax and enjoy their grandchildren in a way that was not possible when they were raising their own children. And they can glow in the realisation that here is their seed of life that will harvest generations to come.”

“Good old grandsire ... we shall be joyful of thy company.”