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Friends
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Gain a day, and you gain a friend; as, for instance, when it is Thursday and you think it is Friday. Lose a day, and you lose a friend.
Never give a friend a pin. It will spoil your friendship. To guard against this, and at the same time to accommodate your friend, you can say: “I will not give you the pin, but I will lend it to you for ninety-nine years.”
When a friend leaves you, don’t watch the friend out of sight, for the person who is watched out of sight will never be seen by you again if you do.
When you and a companion are walking together, don’t allow a third person to go between you, If you do, it will cut your friendship. Nevertheless, if, in spite of precautions, this should happen, say, “Bread and butter,” and the fates will be propitiated.
Nor should you, when walking with a friend, let a tree separate you. If this
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