"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them " — Ralph Waldo Emerson

All for one, one for all.

Source: The Three Musketeers (1844)

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend

Source: The New England Tragedies, John Endicott (1868)

The language of friendship is not words but meanings

Source: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849)

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable

Source: Emma (1815)

If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does

Source: Emma (1815)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote