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Sweet language will multiply friends, and a fair-speaking tongue will increase kind greetings.
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Be in peace with many; nevertheless have but one counselor out of a thousand.
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If thou wouldest get a friend, prove him first and be not hasty to credit him.
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For some man is a friend for his own occasion, and will not abide in the day of thy trouble.
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And there is a friend who, being turned to enmity and strife, will betray thy reproach.
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Again, some friend is a companion at the table, and will not continue in the day of thy affliction.
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But in thy prosperity he will be as thyself, and will be bold over thy servants.
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If thou be brought low, he will be against thee, and will hide himself from thy face.
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Separate thyself from thine enemies, and take heed of thy friends.
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A faithful friend is a strong defense, and he that hath found such a one hath found a treasure.
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Nothing doth equal a faithful friend, and his excellency is invaluable.