“A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud. I am arrived at last in the presence of a man so real and equal, that I may drop even those undermost garments of dissimulation, courtesy, and second thought, which men never put off, and may deal with him with the simplicity and wholeness with which one chemical atom meets another.”
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American essayist, poet, and philosopher. Born on May 25, 1803, and died on April 27, 1882. Known for his transcendentalist philosophy, his works have had a profound impact on literature and the intellectual world. more
“We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.”
“Friendships take minutes to make, moments to break, years to repair.”
“True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.”
“Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief”