The Spectator, No. 68 (Friday, 18 May 1711) [ Practices ]
… of a treacherous and self-interested Friend? If thou wouldst get a Friend, prove him first, and he not hasty to credit him: For some Man is a Friend for his own Occasion, and will not abide in the Day of thy Trouble. And there is a … in the following Passages, which are likewise written upon the same Subject: Whoso discovereth Secrets, loseth his Credit, and shall neverfind a Friend to his Mind. Love thy Friend, and be faithful unto him; but if thou bewrayest his …
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