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May we not say, that as utility is the motive of the Friendship

the advantage conferred on the receiver must be the standard?

because he it is who requests the kindness and the other serves

him in his need on the understanding that he is to get an

equivalent: the assistance rendered is then exactly proportionate

to the advantage which the receiver has obtained, and he should

therefore repay as much as he gained by it, or even more, this

being more creditable.

In Friendships based on goodness, the question, of course, is

never raised, but herein the motive of the doer seems to be the

proper standard, since virtue and moral character depend

principally on motive.

Chapter XIV.

Quarrels arise also in those Friendships in which the parties are

unequal because each party thinks himself entitled to the greater

share, and of course, when this happens, the Friendship is broken

up.