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Whether or no there can really be Friendship between a man and

his Self is a question we will not at present entertain: there

may be thought to be Friendship, in so far as there are two or

more of the aforesaid requisites, and because the highest degree

of Friendship, in the usual acceptation of that term, resembles

the feeling entertained by a man towards himself.

But it may be urged that the aforesaid requisites are to all

appearance found in the common run of men, though they are men of

a low stamp.

May it not be answered, that they share in them only in so far as

they please themselves, and conceive themselves to be good?