March 8

A man that hath friends must show himself friendly.—PROV. xviii, 24.

Ah, friends! dear friends—if any such there be—

Keep not your loving thoughts away from me

Till I am gone;

I want them now to help me on my way,

As lonely watchers want the light of day

Ere it is morn.

D. F. HODGES.

There are three friendships which are good, and three which are injurious. Friendship with the upright; friendship with the sincere; and friendship with the man of observation—these are advantageous. Friendship with the man of specious airs; friendship with the insinuatingly soft; and friendship with the glib-tongued—these are injurious.

Would you have and hold a friend whose friendship is advantageous? Be honest, sincere, and faithful yourself. No one can have a true friend who has not within himself the elements of true friendship. Deceit, doubt, double-dealing, and fraud never yet cemented a friendship.

CONFUCIUS.

Reveal not to a friend every secret that you possess, for how can you tell but what he may some time or other be your enemy.