173. Good-will also is
wont to remove the sword of anger. It is also good-will that
makes the wounds of a friend to be better than the willing kisses of an
enemy. Prov. xxvii. 6. Goodwill again makes many to become
one. For if many are friends, they become one; in whom there is
but one spirit and one opinion. Cic. de
Off. I. 17, § 57. We note, too,
that in friendship corrections are pleasing. They have their
sting, but they cause no pain. We are pierced by the words of
blame, but are delighted with the anxiety that good-will
shows.