. I
do know him, a gentleman that well deserves a help, which he shall have:
I'll pay the debt and free him.

--_Shakespeare._

663

A cut or slight from a foe or stranger, may be scarred over, but a stab
from a friend you love hardly ever heals.

--_H. L. Meader._

664

He that telleth thee that thou art always wrong, may be deceived; but he
that saith that thou art always right, is surely not telling the truth.

665

No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he
is unfortunate.

666

He that ceases to be a friend never was a good one.

667

A FRIEND THAT STICKETH CLOSER THAN A BROTHER.

One there is above all others,
Well deserves the name of Friend!
His is love beyond a brother's,
Costly, free, and knows no end:
They who once His kindness prove,
Find it everlasting love!

--_Newton._

668

If you wink at your friend's vices you make them your own.

669

Without a friend the world is but a wilderness.

--_German._

670

Absolute friends are very rare.

671

Friends, but few on earth, and therefore dear.

--_Pollok._

672

It is to chance we owe our relatives, to choice our friends.

673

Equals make the best friends.

674

False friends are like our shadows, keeping close to us while we walk in
the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.

--_Bovee._

675

There are plenty acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends.

--_Chinese._

676

By my skill I have got many acquaintances, my manners very many friends.

677

Friends are lost by calling often, and calling seldom.

678

CHOOSING FRIENDS.

We ought always to make choice of persons of such worth and honor for
our friends, that, if they should even cease to be so, they will not
abuse our confidence, nor give us cause to fear them as enemies.

--_Addison._

679

Let us make the best of our friends while we have them, for how long we
shall keep them is uncertain.

680

Friends are like melons. Sha