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He whose face is like the lotus lily and his speech as cold as sandal-wood, one should not associate with such a person, there being poison in his intentions.

One should not serve a severe master, nor one who is niggardly; more so he should not serve one who does not commend, nor one who is an oppressor.

Horned animals should be avoided at a distance of fifty cubits, horses at a hundred, a tusked elephant at a thousand; a bad man by quitting the place where he resides.

A bad place, a bad friend, a bad family, a bad relative,a bad wife, a bad servant—these should be avoided at a distance.

The friends who stand by you in severe ailment, in time of scarcity, or in misfortune, when captured by an enemy, at a king's door, or in the charnel-house, they indeed are good friends.

One of pleasant speech has many a friend, one of harsh speech few friends: in this place the illustration concerning the sun and moon should be remembered.