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. Shall I tell you why?
To find one good, you must a hundred try.
--_Claude Mermet._
681
Friends are sometimes like titled husbands, easy to get, if you have
enough money.
--_H. L. Meader._
682
Make new friends, but keep the old;
Those are silver, these are gold.
683
My treasures are my friends.
684
Without friends, no one would choose to live, even if he had all other
good things.
685
Old friends and old ways ought not to be disdained.
--_Danish._
686