friendship is one of the greatest pleasure that people can enjoy. it implies(意味著) loyalty(忠誠), cordiality(熱誠), sympathy(同情心), affection and readiness(願意) to help. real friends are those who can share all our sorrows(傷心事) and double all our joys. no man makes most of his life, either in business or in society, without carefully and conscientiously(憑良心地) striving(奮鬥)to win the right kind of friends as he goes along.
true friends cherish(珍愛) the ideals(理想) and feelings with you; they will not desert(荒蕪的) you when you are in hot waters; they will not flatter(諂媚) or take advantage of you when you have won victory; and they will advice you sincerely when you are led astray(迷路的).
we should choose those as our friends who have good character, superior(較高的) ability and kindliness(友好) of heart. we’ll treat our friends with courtesy(禮貌), be careful not to interfere(衝突) unreasonably(非理智的) with them, or not ridicule(嘲笑) their proceedings. we should forgive their mistakes and try to help them as much as possible. if we try to do these things, we’ll retain our friends and keep the sacred(神聖的) lamp(燈火) of friendship burning all our life.