Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIs the parent better than the child into whom he has cast his ripened being? Whence, then, this worship of the past?
Ralph Waldo EmersonIf you would serve your brother it is fit for you to serve him, do not take back your words when you find that prudent people do not commend you. Be true to your own act, and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange and extravagant and broken the monotony of a decorous age.
Ralph Waldo Emerson