Let your eyes look directly ahead
And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you.

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And call understanding your intimate friend;

A friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.

A man of too many friends comes to ruin,
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Wealth adds many friends,
But a poor man is separated from his friend.

Many will seek the favor of a generous man,
And every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.

He who loves purity of heart
And whose speech is gracious, the king is his friend.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.

Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
So a man’s counsel is sweet to his friend.

Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
And do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.

He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning,
It will be reckoned a curse to him.