39. Love, then, is the first thing to give us a recommendation. It is a good thing therefore to have our witness in the love of many. Cic. de Off. II. 8, § 30. Then arises confidence, so that even strangers are not afraid to trust themselves to thy kindness, when they see thee so dear to many. So likewise one goes through confidence to love, so that he who has shown good faith to one or two has an influence as it were on the minds of all, and wins the good-will of all.