4555. William Cowper. 1731-1800. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.


NUMBER:	4555
AUTHOR:	William Cowper (1731–1800)
QUOTATION:	The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves, by thumping on your back, 1 His sense of your great merit, 2 Is such a friend that one had need Be very much his friend indeed To pardon or to bear it.
ATTRIBUTION:	On Friendship.
BIOGRAPHY:	Columbia Encyclopedia.

Note 1.
See Young, Quotation 80. [back]

Note 2.
Var. How he esteems your merit. [back]