"A man’s growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends." ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Topic(s): Friendship Tags: growth More From Ralph Waldo Emerson "Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well." "Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual." "A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams." More In Friendship "Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life."― George Herbert "The dupe of friendship, and the fool of love; have I not reason to hate and to despise myself? Indeed I do; and chiefly for not having hated and despised the world enough."― William Hazlitt "Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine."― Charles Dickens