Paul Frees: John Beresford Tipton

Quotes 

• Michael Anthony : [Anthony enters the study to see Tipton seated in a high-backed chair at his desk. Only Tipton's left arm is visible to viewers]  You sent for me, sir?

  John Beresford Tipton : Mike,

  [Pointing to a scale atop his desk] 

  John Beresford Tipton : do you know what this is?

  Michael Anthony : It's a scale, sir - a balance.

  John Beresford Tipton : The elements that go to make up a friendship - a really close friendship - are mysterious. The scales must be properly, one might say, delicately balanced.

  [Tipton hands envelope to Anthony] 

  John Beresford Tipton : Let's see what a million dollars will do to the balance of just such a friendship.

  [Anthony accepts envelope]