The Spectator, No. 68 (Friday, 18 May 1711) [ Practices ]
… And with what Strokes of Nature (I could almost say of Humour) has he described the Behaviour 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 … is a companion at the Table, and will not continue in the Day of thy Affliction: But in thy Prosperity he will be as thy self; and will be bold over thy Servants. If thou: be brought low he will be against thee, and hide himself from thy Face . [2] What can be more strong and pointed than the following Verse? Separate thy self from thine …
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