FRIENDSHIP

Friendly may we part and quickly meet again.





There's fellowship

In every sip

Of friendship's brew.





May we all travel through the world and sow it thick with friendship.





Here's to the four hinges of Friendship--

Swearing, Lying, Stealing and Drinking.

When you swear, swear by your country;

When you lie, lie for a pretty woman,

When you steal, steal away from bad company

And when you drink, drink with me.





The trouble with having friends is the upkeep.





"Brown volunteered to lend me money."



"Did you take it?"



"No. That sort of friendship is too good to lose."





"I let my house furnished, and they've had measles there. Of course

we've had the place disinfected; so I suppose it's quite safe. What do

you think?"



"I fancy it would be all right, dear; but I think, perhaps, it would be

safer to lend it to a friend first."--_Punch_.





"Hoo is it, Jeemes, that you mak' sic an enairmous profit aff yer

potatoes? Yer price is lower than ony ither in the toon and ye mak'

extra reductions for yer freends."



"Weel, ye see, I knock aff twa shillin's a ton beacuse a customer is a

freend o' mine, an' then I jist tak' twa hundert-weight aff the ton

because I'm a freend o' his."--_Punch_.





The conductor of a western freight train saw a tramp stealing a ride on

one of the forward cars. He told the brakeman in the caboose to go up

and put the man off at the next stop. When the brakeman approached the

tramp, the latter waved a big revolver and told him to keep away.



"Did you get rid of him?" the conductor asked the brakeman, when the

train was under motion again.



"I hadn't the heart," was the reply. "He turned out to be an old school

friend of mine."



"I'll take care of him," said the conductor, as he started over the tops

of the cars.



After the train had made another stop and gone on, the brakeman came

into the caboose and said to the conductor:



"Well, is he off?"



"No; he turned out to be an old school friend of mine, too."





If a man does not make new acquaintances, as he advances through life,

he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his

friendship in constant repair.--_Samuel Johnson_.





They say, and I am glad they say,

It is so; and it may be so;

It may be just the other way,

I cannot tell, but this I know--

From quiet homes and first beginnings

Out to the undiscovered ends

There's nothing worth the wear of winning

Save laughter and the love of friends.



--_Hilaire Belloc_.