Friendship

noun

A ship big enough to carry two in fair weather, but only one in foul.

    The sea was calm and the sky was blue;
    Merrily, merrily sailed we two.
    (High barometer maketh glad.)
    On the tipsy ship, with a dreadful shout,
    The tempest descended and we fell out.
    (O the walking is nasty bad!)

        Armit Huff Bettle


—Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary