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• Expect a letter from a friend who will ask a favor of you.
• Never send a letter requesting information to an editor unless you expect to receive a prolix letter in return.
  -- Robert Cook...
• Signifies a favor or kindness from some you realize.
• When you lend something to a friend, you do not necessarily do that friend a favor for the friend has a damaged memormy and experiences some difficulty remembering the terms of the contract.
  Ultimately, you have harmed the memory of the friend....
• What do you expect from a hog, but a grunt?
• If you want to make a friend, let someone do you a favor. -- Benjamin Frankli
• The finest kind of friendship is between people who expect a great deal of each other but never ask it.
  -- Sylvia Breme...