Friendship X: Day 223 readings from "Character And Conduct" - August 13

Readings for August 13 from "Character And Conduct: A Book Of Helpful Thoughts by Great Writers of Past and Present Ages" selected and arranged for daily reading by Constance M. Whishaw.

"Friendship"

Original text:

https://archive.org/details/characterandcon00unkngoog/page/n241/mode/2up
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39648/39648-h/39648-h.htm#Page_225

Authors featured today:

Henry David Thoreau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau
François de La Rochefoucauld https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_de_La_Rochefoucauld_(writer)
Hillel the Elder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillel_the_Elder
Jean Paul https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Paul

Constance Whishaw provides no attribution for today's second reading, but it is by François de La Rochefoucauld, found in "Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims." It can be found in section 80 here: https://www.thomaswhichello.com/?page_id=831 and at archive.org here: https://archive.org/details/maximsandmoralr01rochgoog/page/n67/mode/2up?q=glxix

Similarly, Whishaw provides no attribution for today's fourth reading. It is by Jean Paul (Johann Paul Friedrich Richter), found in "Titan" https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Criticism.

Image:

Portrait of Jean Paul Friedrich Richter (1763-1825)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RichterJP.jpg