We take care of our health; we lay up money; we make our roof tight, and our clothing sufficient; but who provides wisely that he shall not be wanting in the best property of all, -friends? — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Friendship, if somebody holds out his hand toward you, you've got to reach and take it... There are too many people alone, and if you're lucky enough for somebody to want you as a friend, it's an obligation.

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We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends.

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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. — Joseph Addison

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Friendship requires more time than poor busy men can usually command. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

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I am thankful for small mercies. I compared notes with one of my friends who expect everything of the universe, and is disappointed when anything is less than the best, and I found that I begin at the other extreme, expecting nothing, and am always full of thanks for moderate good. . . . If we will take the good we find, . . . we shall have heaping measures. . . . — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I didn't find my friends; the good Lord gave them to me. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend.

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Change is the healthiest way to survive.

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