Discourse of the nature, offices, and measures of friendship (1657) [ Concepts ]
… ne∣ver dissemble with him, never despise him, never leave him. Give him gifts and upbraid him not, † and refuse not his kindnesses, and be sure never to despise the smallness or the impropriety of them. Confirmatur amor beneficio accepto: A … for as an eye that dwells long upon a starre must be refreshed with lesser beauties and strengthened with greens and looking-glasses, lest the sight be∣come amazed with too great a splendor; so must the love of friends sometimes be refreshed …
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