Solitude is against Nature, but Ill Company is worse then None. So that
Life is not Life without the Blessing of a Friendly and an Edifying
Conversation. The Difficulty only rests in the Choice; wherein the _Lyon_
here has taken his Right Measures: That is to say, he has made a True
Judgment of the Matter: For he only Deserves the Character of a _Friend_,
that’s Proof against all _Tryals_ and _Temptations_, either of _Profit_,
or of _Loss_.