In Cicero's thesis, he believes that because your friend had the audacity to ask a good friend for a favor that is evil, it makes the person who a non-virtuous man asked. If a friend accepted the favor, all the virtue of friendship would be questions, but if a friend withholds a favor from another friend he would be breaking the laws of friendship, “we must not ask wrong things, nor do them, if we are asked. For if a man claims to have done such a thing for the sake of a friend, this is an excuse in ordinary affairs, and especially if the act was treacherous” (Cicero, 95). In addition to virtue, which plays an important role in his argument, a lesser quality is trust within the relationship. I've found that it's not just about asking the right questions and favors, but about always trusting your friend to see the good. in your actions. What I noticed when comparing the two readings is that Cicero refers more to the virtue of friendship