“It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.”

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• “Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.”

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• “True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.”

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