However, his old friends and relatives have not come to you now. "What is this?" He said, "I ask you to tell me why none of you came to see me." Is my wife not entertaining you according to etiquette, or do you dislike my poor food? "
"No," his friend replied, "that's not the point! We are very willing to talk to you; None of you have made us angry or offended us anywhere ― I can assure you that no one will complain about you like this! However, if we sit with you, we always have to look around, for fear that your friends will climb over and not bite us from behind. What's the fun! "
People who make bad friends can hardly gain the respect of the world.