none,

And some condemned for a fault alone.

y. Measure for Measure. Act II. Sc. 1.

When fortune means to men most good, She looks upon them with a threatening eye. h. King John. Act III. Sc. 4.

Will fortune never come with both hands full,

But write her fair words still in foulest letters?

She either gives a stomach, and no foodSuch as are the poor, in health; or else a feast,

And takes away the stomach-such are the rich,

That have abundance, and enjoy it not.

i.

Henry IV. Act IV. Sc. 4.

Unthought of Frailties cheat us in the Wise. POPE--Moral Essays. Ep. To Temple.

Line 69.

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.

20. BAILEY-Festus. Sc. Anywhere.

Glistered the dire Snake, and into fraud
Led Eve, our credulous mother, to the Tree
Of Prohibition, root of all our woe.
x. MILTON -Paradise Lost. Bk. IX.
Line 643.

Perplexed and troubled at his bad success
The Tempter turned, nor had what to reply,
Discovered in his fraud, thrown from his
hope.

y.

MILTON-Paradise Regained.
Bk. IV. Line 1.

No friend's a friend till he shall prove a friend.

C.

BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER-- The

Faithful Friends. Act III. Sc. 3.

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. d.

BOVEE--Summaries of Thoughts.
False Friends.

I have loved my friends, as I do virtue,
My soul, my God.

e. Sir THOMAS BROWNE- Religio Medici. Pt. II. Sec. 5. With my friend I desire not to share or participate, but to engross his sorrows; that, by making them mine own, I may more easily discuss them: for in mine own reason, and within myself, I can command that which I cannot entreat without myself, and within the circle of another.

f. Sir THOMAS BROWNE -- Religio Medici. Pt. V. Sec. 5.

One faithful Friend is enough for a man's self; 'tis much to meet with such an one, yet we can't have too many for the sake of others. g. DE LA BRUYERE -- The Characters or Manners of the Present Age. Ch. XV. For to cast away a virtuous friend, I call as bad as to cast away one's own life, which one loves best.

h.

BUCKLEY'S Sophocles. Edipus

Tyrannis.

Whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received, must be a friend above all price. i.

BUCKLEY'S Sophocles. Philoctetes.

Ah! were I sever'd from thy side,
Where were thy friend, and who my guide?
Years have not seen --Time shall not see
The hour that tears my soul from thee.
j. BYRON--The Bride of Abydos.
Canto I. St. 11.

'Twas sung, how they were lovely in their lives,

And in their death had not divided been. k. CAMPBELL-Gertrude of Wyoming. Pt. III. St. 33.

Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe; Bold I can meet--perhaps may turn his blow; But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send,

Save, save, oh! save me from the candid friend. 1. GEORGE CANNING--New Morality.

Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship: and when they hear us praised by others, will ascribe it to sinister and interested motives if they

There is no man so friendless but what he can find a friend sincere enough to tell him disagreeable truths.

и. BULWER-LYTTON- What Will He Do With It? Bk. II. Ch. XIV.

Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few; but if he has only one enemy, he is lucky indeed if he has not one too many. v.

BULWER-LYTTON- What Will He Do
With It? Bk. IX. Ch. III.

As you grow ready for it, somewhere or other you will find what is needful for you in a book or a friend.

C.

d.

GEORGE MACDONALD--The Marquis of Lossie. Ch. LXII. A true friend is forever a friend. GEORGE MACDONALD- The Marquis of Lossie. Ch. LXXI. Friends are like melons. Shall I tell you why?

To find one good, you must a hundred try. CLAUDE MERMET-Epigram on Friends.

e.

As we sail through life towards death,
Bound unto the same port-heaven,
Friend, what years could us divide?
f. D. M. MULOCK-Thirty Years.
A Christmas Blessing.

If grief thy steps attend,

If want, if sickness be thy lot, And thou require a soothing friend, Forget me not! forget me not!

g. Mrs. OPIE-The Orphan Boy's Taie.

All are friends in heaven, all faithful friends; And many friendships in the days of time Begun, are lasting here, and growing still. h. POLLOK-Course of Time. Bk. V. Line 336. Friends given by God in mercy and in love; My counsellors, my comforters, and guides; My joy in grief, my second bliss in joy; Companions of my young desires; in doubt, My oracles; my wings in high pursuit. Oh! I remember, and will ne'er forget. Our meeting spots, our chosen sacred hours; Our burning words, that utter'd all the soul, Our faces beaming with unearthly love; Sorrow with sorrow sighing, hope with hope Exalting, heart embracing heart entire. i. POLLOK-Course of Time. Bk. V. Line 315. Sweeter none than voice of faithful friend; Sweet always, sweetest heard in loudest

storm.

Hamlet. Act I. Sc. 3.

I am not of that feather, to shake off
My friend when he must need me. I do

know him

A gentleman, that well deserves a help, Which he shall have: I pay the debt, and

free him.

u. Timon of Athens. Act I. Sc. 1.

I would be friends with you, and have your

love.

v. Merchant of Venice. Act I. Sc. 3.