"A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature." ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Topic(s): Friendship Tags: friend More From Ralph Waldo Emerson "Our best thoughts come from others." "Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait." "Nature always wears the colors of the spirit." More In Friendship "I’m 23 years old. I might just be my mother’s child, but in all reality, I’m everybody’s child. Nobody raised me; I was raised in this society."― Tupac Shakur "Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation."― George Washington "Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend."― Plautus