1. Do not befriend the ignorant one,
And beware of him.

2. For how many wise men has an ignorant one led astray,
When he befriended him.

3. A man is judged by the company he keeps,
When he is with one like himself.

4. Like the matching of sandal to sandal,
When one sandal matches the other.

5. And heart to heart is a guide,
When they meet each other.

6. And things have standards and similarities with each other.
And the eye has richness for the eye,

7. If they speak though they have no mouths.
Wealth lies in souls while poverty lies in them too.

8. If souls are stingy, how little satisfies them!
Teach the soul to be content, or else

9. It will ask more of you than suffices it.
In what is past and what has yet to come,

10. There is no pleasure for one who demands it.
You are but the shadow of your lifetime. Whatever

11. Hour you are in, that's all there is.