"I think it ought to be this way: if we have to hear of anything that is ugly, mean or rough, we ought to think right away: I have a friend who would never do such a thing.

If we hear of something though that pleases us, because it is fine, noble and great, we should think again: My friend would do the same.

Don't you agree with me ?" Bruno judged himself very severely, because his mother had held up his own faults to him so that he knew them very well.

He replied hesitatingly, "I wish one could always be the way one wants to be.

Would you give up trusting a friend right away if he did not act the way you expected him to ?" "No, no," Salo said quickly, "such a friend could not trust me any more either.