ell that Timon's day goes down;
And when the stormy night comes on,
I look, and lo! my shade is--gone.

--_Atlantic Monthly._

647

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

648

If you want enemies, excel others; if you want friends, let others excel
you.

649

A man may have a thousand intimate acquaintances and not a friend among
them all. If you have one friend, think yourself happy.

650

Go slowly to the entertainment of your friends, but quickly to their
misfortunes.

651

LEAVE A FRIEND.

Leave a friend! So base I am not. I followed him in his prosperity, when
the skies were clear and shining, and will not leave him when storms
begin to rise; as gold is tried by the furnace, and the baser metal is
shown, so the hollow-hearted friend is known by adversity.

--_Metastasio._

652

Do not lose sight of old attachments for the sake of making new
friendships.

653

A man who is fond of disputing, will, in time, have few friends to
dispute with.

654

AN OLD RHYME.

I once had money and a friend,
By both I set great store;
I lent my money to my friend,
He was my friend no more.

If I had my money and my friend,
As I had once before,
I'd keep my money to myself,
And lose my friend no more.

--_Living Age._

655

If you have a friend worth loving,
Love him. Yes, and let him know
That you love him, ere life's evening
Tinge his brow with sunset glow;
Why should good words ne'er be said
Of a friend till he is dead?

656

It is more dishonorable to distrust a friend than to be deceived by him.

--_Rochefoucauld._

657

No life is so strong and complete, But it sometimes yearns for the smile
of a friend.

--_Wallace Bruce._

658

He was never a friend who ceased to be so--for a slight cause.

--_Seneca._

659

A friend cannot be known in prosperity; and an enemy cannot be hidden in
adversity.

660

When a friend asks, there should be no tomorrow.

661

The best mirror is an old friend.

662

I am not of that feather to shake off my friend when he must need me