1. When you wish to see the merit of a friend
Then look with searching eyes at who is close to him
١. وإَذا أَرَدْتَ تَرى فَضيلَةَ صَاحِبٍ
فَانْظُرْ بِعَيْنِ البَحْثِ مَنْ نُدْمانُهُ
2. For a person is folded around his qualities
Like the folds of a book, and his friends are its title
٢. فَالمَرْءُ مَطْويٌّ عَلى عِلاَّتِهِ
طَيَّ الكِتابِ وصَحْبُهُ عُنْوَانُهُ