William Penn. (1644–1718). Fruits of Solitude.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| Part I |
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| Qualities of a Friend |
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| 111. A true Friend unbosoms freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a Friend unchangeably. | 1 |
| 112. These being the Qualities of a Friend, we are to find them before we chuse one. | 2 |
| 113. The Covetous, the Angry, the Proud, the Jealous, the Talkative, cannot but make ill Friends, as well as the False. | 3 |
| 114. In short, chuse a Friend as thou dost a Wife, till Death separate you. | 4 |
| 115. Yet be not a Friend beyond the Altar: but let Virtue bound thy Friendship: Else it is not Friendship, but an Evil Confederacy. | 5 |
| 116. If my Brother or Kinsman will be my Friend, I ought to prefer him before a Stranger, or I shew little Duty or Nature to my Parents. | 6 |
| 117. And as we ought to prefer our Kindred in Point of Affection, so too in Point of Charity, if equally needing and deserving. | 7 |
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