A man may have a thousand intimate acquaintances and not a friend among them all. If you have one friend, think yourself happy. 650 Go slowly to the entertainment of your friends, but quickly to their misfortunes. 651 LEAVE A FRIEND. Leave a friend! So base I am not. I followed him in his prosperity, when the skies were clear and shining, and will not leave him when storms begin to rise; as gold is tried by the furnace, and the baser metal is shown, so the hollow-hearted friend is known by adversity. --_Metastasio._ 652 Do not lose sight of old attachments for the sake of making new friendships. 653 A man who is fond of disputing, will, in time, have few friends to dispute with. 654 AN OLD RHYME. I once had money and a friend, By both I set great store; I lent my money to my friend, He was my friend no more. If I had my money and my friend, As I had once before, I'd keep my money to myself, And lose my friend no more. --_Living Age._ 655 If you have a friend worth loving, Love him. Yes, and let him know That you love him, ere life's evening Tinge his brow with sunset glow; Why should good words ne'er be said Of a friend till he is dead? 656 It is more dishonorable to distrust a friend than to be deceived by him. --_Rochefoucauld._ 657 No life is so strong and complete, But it sometimes yearns for the smile of a friend. --_Wallace Bruce._ 658 He was never a friend who ceased to be so--for a slight cause. --_Seneca._ 659 A friend cannot be known in prosperity; and an enemy cannot be hidden in adversity. 660 When a friend asks, there should be no tomorrow. 661 The best mirror is an old friend. 662 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'll pay the debt and free him. --_Shakespeare._ 663 A cut or slight from a foe or stranger, may be scarred over, but a stab from a friend you love hardly ever heals. --_H. L. Meader._ 664 He that telleth thee that thou art always wrong, may be deceived; but he that saith that thou art always right, is surely not telling the truth. 665 No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unfortunate. 666 He that ceases to be a friend never was a good one. 667 A FRIEND THAT STICKETH CLOSER THAN A BROTHER. One there is above all others, Well deserves the name of Friend! His is love beyond a brother's, Costly, free, and knows no end: They who once His kindness prove, Find it everlasting love!