From a play of Eupolis called "The Flatterers." Cf. Terence, "Eunuchus," 489-491.

See Athenæus, 256 D. Compare also Valerius Maximus, ix. 1.

"Videatur Casaubonus ad Athenæum, vi. p. 243 A."—Wyttenbach.

"Republic," p. 361 A.

See Herodotus, iii. 78.

See Erasmus, "Adagia," p. 1883.

"Proverbium etiam a Cicerone laudatum 'De Amicitia,' cap. vi.: Itaque non aqua, non igne, ut aiunt, pluribus locis utimur, quam amicitia. Notavit etiam Erasmus 'Adag.' p. 112."—Wyttenbach.

Compare Sallust, "De Catilinæ Conjuratione," cap. xx.: "Nam idem velle atque idem nolle, ea demum firma amicitia est."

As the polypus, or chameleon.

Plato, "Phædrus," p. 239 D.