1. Who do you have that is truthful
And preserves rights

2. Not people who flatter
And charm and beauty

3. Do not be fooled by the exterior
And splendid human appearance

4. And give them accordingly
To possess thereby your enemies

5. Befriend them worriedly
Of their evil, faults suffice

6. Beware of intimacy
And much intermingling

7. For every contract an intermediary
For every contract an active one

8. Beware in truth
The enmity of a friend

9. Give him every blessing
And deny him every partnership

10. How good is harmony
How missing is the friend

11. Satiate if you feed
Prostrate if you possess

12. Say to people, good
You build thereby a pillar

13. Do not complain much
For it is a crime

14. Do not accompany one suspicious
And a private reproach

15. If you consult, then advise
If asked, then facilitate

16. Pardoning when able
Thanks for good victory

17. Do not be content with less
For that is the origin of disgrace

18. If ignorant, then ask
If asked, then give

19. Do not be stingy with benefit
For it returns to you

20. For every fire a lighter
For every well a drawer

21. For everything a place
For every craft a maker

22. What do you have in hardship
Like a good friend's help

23. Love of a friend
Appears in straits

24. Best of lives what was pure
Best of food what sufficed

25. Best of friends who was loyal
Best of people who was just

26. Some patience is inability
Some questioning is blemish

27. Some children are bereavement
The wicked's gall is filth

28. Decisiveness in consultation
Determination in undertaking

29. Decisiveness then determination
Every ignoble rises

30. Good security is tranquility
Selling a friend is loss

31. Patience in ordeals
Is of valor's traits

32. Worst traits are greed
The wicked's merit is lack

33. Who opposes the doctor
Sees fate soon

34. Some life is death
Some success is loss

35. Every scholar is tested
And every heart has passion

36. Trickery and deception
Of nature's tedium

37. The advisor is entrusted
What is the price of what you desire