. Moral emblems, with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations . The friendship of the wicked has no duration ; but Time worketh no change inthe friendship of the good.—Ibid. Amicum ita habeas, posse ut fieri nunc inimicum scias.—Laberius. Be on such terms with your friend as if you knew that he may one day becomeyour enemy. It is better to untie, than to break a friendship.—Cato. Our friends sometimes exhibit vices which have long been concealed. The bestthing then to be done is to abate your intercourse gradually. You should unstitch, butnot tear.—Cicero. ®<S* NOR A SILENT


. Moral emblems, with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations . The friendship of the wicked has no duration ; but Time worketh no change inthe friendship of the good.—Ibid. Amicum ita habeas, posse ut fieri nunc inimicum scias.—Laberius. Be on such terms with your friend as if you knew that he may one day becomeyour enemy. It is better to untie, than to break a friendship.—Cato. Our friends sometimes exhibit vices which have long been concealed. The bestthing then to be done is to abate your intercourse gradually. You should unstitch, butnot tear.—Cicero. ®<S* NOR A SILENT MAN. -®^ 227 :SO^<S<2r<§, TRUST MAKES WAY FOR TREACHERY, -s^-^^^^ I 0 I z W q: 0 h 0)hWK0UJ(0 0 z h(fl D q: h JN fecret filence of the night whats doneIs truft to me, concealed from the SunnePhoebus did Mars and Venus love betray,And turning backe did greater crimes bewray :What I doe fee when witnefle is afleepe,That like Harpocrates I clofely keepe. Let mortals learne to rule their tongue by me,What lawfull fecret they doe heare or fee. Farlies Emblems,. TRUST NOT A GREAT WEIGHT TO A SLENDER THREAD. 228 [VERY ONE FOR HIMSELF AND GOD FOR US ALL. Ogni Gallo ruspa a fe. JJ Z< CO I 0 h UJ h< UJ Ih 0)UJ I 0) z oruj > UJ


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