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• A good friend to man is this spirit of wisdom, that convicts the blasphemer of his wild words; God can witness his secret thoughts, can read his heart unerringly, and shall his utterance go unheard? (Wisdom of Solomon 1, 6)

• Withhold it? Nay, the pale miser that grudges his store was never friend of mine; no such character befits the wise. (Wisdom of Solomon 6, 25)

• Wouldst thou rather be thy neighbour’s enemy than his friend? Wouldst thou earn, by ill nature, an ill name, and be despised for such faults as these, envy and hypocrisy? (Ecclesiasticus 6, 1)

• Some will veer from friend to foe, and lay bare old grudges, old quarrels, to reproach thee; (Ecclesiasticus 6, 9)

• Fast and faithful friend there is, that will be even as thyself, and have thy servants at his beck and call; (Ecclesiasticus 6, 11)

• the fear of God gives friendship evenly shared, friend matched with friend. (Ecclesiasticus 6, 17)

• Thou hast a friend who is over-long in thy debt; use no cruelty with him; dear to thee as a brother, and shall gold count more? (Ecclesiasticus 7, 20)

• An old friend leave not; the new is not his like. (Ecclesiasticus 9, 14)

• This false friend will be thy companion for an hour, then, if thou art for altering thy course, he will not hear of it; (Ecclesiasticus 12, 14)

• If thou hast favours to bestow, thy rich friend will make use of thee; if none, he bids thee farewell; (Ecclesiasticus 13, 5)

• Whose friend is he, that is his own enemy, and leaves his own cheer untasted? (Ecclesiasticus 14, 5)

• Speak not out thy own thought for friend and foe to hear alike, nor ever, if thou hast done wrong, discover the secret. (Ecclesiasticus 19, 8)