Advice of a father, or, Counsel to a child directing him to demean himself in the most important passages of this life.

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Title: Advice of a father, or, Counsel to a child directing him to demean himself in the most important passages of this life.
Publication: London :: Printed for the author,; 1664.
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Subject terms: Youth -- Conduct of life.; Conduct of life.
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LXXXII.

Be not hasty in the choice of a friend, but slower in the changing; fix not thy affections suddenly; but where thou dost fix, fasten; con∣stancy is the unseparable companion of friend∣ship, whereas to waver is a crime unpardona∣ble; try before thou trust, and never question after tryal; thou canst not wrong thy friend more than to suspect him.