On Friendship Or Laelius Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero 18. Now what is the quality to look out for as a warrant for the stability and permanence of friendship? It is loyalty. Nothing that lacks this can be stable. We should also in making our selection look out for simplicity, a social disposition, and a sympathetic nature, moved by what moves us. These all contribute to maintain loyalty. You can ne... more »ver trust a character which is intricate and tortuous.« less