February 19

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. Thine own friend and father's friend, forsake not.—PROV. xxvii, 6, 10.

Friendship above all ties does bind the heart, And faith in friendship is the noblest part.

LORD ORRERY.

He who, malignant, tears an absent friend, Or, when attack'd by others, don't defend, Who friendship's secrets knows not to conceal— That man is vile.

Francis' Horace.

If thou shouldst find thy friend in the wrong, reprove him secretly; but in company praise him.

Arabic.

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachments of friends, and that the most liberal professions of good-will are very far from being the surest marks of it.

GEORGE WASHINGTON.

A foe to God was ne'er true friend to man, some sinister intent taints all he does.

EDWARD YOUNG.

We never know the true value of friends. While they live we are too sensitive of their faults; when we have lost them, we only see their virtues.

J. C. AND A. W. HARE.