Love Him, and keep Him for thy Friend, who, when all go away, will not
forsake thee, nor suffer thee to perish at the last.
--_Thomas A'Kempis._
714
True friendship is one of the greatest blessings upon earth; it makes
the cares and anxieties of life sit easy; provides us with a partner in
every affliction to alleviate the burthen, and is a sure resort against
every accident and difficulty that can happen.
715
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known
until it is lost.
--_Colton._
716
Those who speak always and those who never speak, are equally unfit for
friendship.
717
He who never gives advice, and he who never takes it are alike unworthy
of friendship.
718
He who is worthy of friendship at all will remember in his prosperity
those who were his friends in his adversity.
719
Value the friendship of him who stands by you in a storm; swarms of
insects will surround you in the sunshine.
720
No matter how poor and mean a man is, his friendship is worth more than
his hate.
721
Good fruit never comes from a bad tree.
--_Portuguese._
722
There is nothing like fun, is there? I haven't any myself, but I do like
it in others.
--_Haliburton._
723
_Groping for the Door._--O door, so close, yet so far off!
--_Miss Mulock._
724
If you would have your name chime melodiously in the ears of future
days, cultivate faith, and not doubt, giving unto every man credit for
the good he does, and never attribute base motives to beautiful acts.
--_Unknown._
725
_Future_:--The future does not come from before to meet us, but comes
streaming up from behind over our heads.
--_Rahel._
726
_Future--to be met without Fear_:--Look not mournfully into the
past,--it comes not back again; wisely improve the present,--it is
thine; go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear, and with a
manly heart.
--_Longfellow._
G
727
One thing obtained with difficulty is far better than a hundred things
procured with ease.
--_The Talmud._
728
Gain, has oft, with treacherous hopes led men to ruin.
--_Sophocles._
729
Either hand must wash the other;
If you take, then you must give.
730
Gain has a pleasant odor.
731
Prefer loss before unjust gain; for that brings grief but once; this
forever.
--_Chilon._
732
Gain at the expense of reputation should be called loss.
733
No pains, no gains.
--_Italian._
734
It is impossible to be just, if one is not generous.
--_Joseph Roux._
735
Justice should precede generosity.
736
Generosity should never exceed ability.
--_Cicero._
737