620. Before you make a friend eate a bushell of salt with him.

men cannot know each other till they have ‘eaten salt together’;

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

A young man needs friends to serve as guides and counselors, confidantes and role-models. The mature man is capable of meaningful undertakings only when his actions are undergirded by the support of others. And the elderly seek strength in their time of weakness and, ultimately, in their struggle for survival, in companionship and affection. Even if there is love at first sight, there is no friendship that does not demand time and space to reach its perfection. The ancient proverb states, and rightly so, that two friends cannot truly know each other without having first shared a bag of salt.

892. Better eat Salt with Philosophers of Greece, than eat Sugar with Courtezans of Italy.

Change, son of mine, should be applied like salt to a dish — best taste it, understand it, and then decide.” “Is

Salt is like good humor, and nearly everything is better for a pinch of it.

A man has to know he had a choice before he can enjoy what he chose. I know now. That a human has to make it with other humans . . . before he can make it with himself.

A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm

Intimate acquaintance must precede real friendship.

Hee must have a long spoone, shall eat with the devill.

A man should swallow a toad every morning to be sure of not meeting with anything more revolting in the day ahead.

Were I to prescribe a rule for drinking, it should be formed upon a saying quoted by Sir William Temple: the first glass for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the fourth for mine enemies.

Live morality before you talk to him. Practicing meditation before you preach. Goodness taste before you recommend. Gain bliss before you offer to others.