 Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.  Speech and Scrap Book for Speakers - Page 2671924 - 304 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Louise Manly - 1895 - 540 pages
...indiscretions, which very often they involuntarily lead one into, prove equally distressing and disgraceful. Be courteous to all, but intimate with few ; and let...entitled to the appellation. Let your heart feel for the distresses and afflictions of every one, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse; remembering... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 pages
...O sacred essence, other form, 0 solemn ghost, 0 crowned soul ! ». TENNYSON— In Memoriam. LXXXV. l Keeler Hoyt t. GEORGE WASHINGTON — Social Maxims. Friendship. Friendship's the wine of life : but friendship... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - 1897 - 392 pages
...magnetized by vicious associations, it must act irregularly." " Be courteous to all," said Washington, " but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence." " Make companions of few," said a wise father to his son, " be intimate with one, deal justly with... | |
 | 1899 - 434 pages
...indiscretions which very often they involuntarily lead one into prove equally distressing and disgraceful. Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those...for the afflictions and distresses of every one, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse, remembering always the estimation of the widow's mite,... | |
 | 1899 - 408 pages
...indiscretions which very often they involuntarily lead one into prove equally distressing and disgraceful. Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those...for the afflictions and distresses of every one, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse, remembering always the estimation of the widow's mite,... | |
 | 1899 - 704 pages
...afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance. T hört1 аи. Bacon» [ 500 ] True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must...the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appelation. Washington. True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 644 pages
...that the most liberal professions of good will are very far from being the surest marks of it. ... True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must...adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. — Social Maxims: Friendship. How to Live Well.— Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 578 pages
...that the most liberal professions of good will are very far from being the surest marks of it. ... True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must...the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.—Social Maxims: Friendship. How to Live Well.— Be courteous to all, but intimate with... | |
 | Josephus Nelson Larned - 1901 - 518 pages
...scrapes, which very often they involuntarily lead one into, prove equally distressing and disgraceful. Be courteous to all, but Intimate with few; and let those...for the afflictions and distresses of every one, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse ; remembering always the estimation of the widow's mite,... | |
 | 1901 - 208 pages
...scrapes, which very often they involuntarily lead one into, prove equally distressing and disgraceful. Be courteous to all, but intimate with few ; and let...for the afflictions and distresses of every one, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse ; remembering always the estimation of the widow's mite,... | |
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