Again, I once heard him give a discourse on friendship 1 that was likely, as I thought, to help greatly in the acquisition and use of friends.
For he said that he often heard it stated that of all possessions the most precious is a good and sincere friend. And yet, he said, there is no transaction most men are so careless about as the acquisition of friends.
Memorabilia. Xenophon. Edgar Carew Marchant (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1923.
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