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only to thyself;" the maxim's sound; For, tho' life's choicest blessing be a friend, Friends do not very much abound; Or, where they happen to be found, And greatly thou on friendship shouldst depend, Thou'lt find it will not bear Much wear and tear; Nay! that even kindred, cousin, uncle, brother, Has each perhaps to mind his own affair; Attend to thine then; lean not on another.