Sol 5.6

  1. Keep their company with tactful restraint, so long as they keep yours;

    And refrain from harshly rebuking them when they do wrong.

  2. Set reproach aside whenever a lapse comes to your notice:

    For passion is a culprit that never makes amends.

  3. For their sake, bear the cruelty of their growing weary; bearing it

    Is hard—but severance is harder.

Sol 5.6