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42. "To his friend a man should be a friend and repay gifts with gifts laughter a man should give for laughter and repay treachery with lies." 44."If you have a friend whom you really trust and from whom you want nothing but good you should mix your soul with his and exchange gifts go and see him often." 45."If you have another, whom you do not trust but from whom you want nothing but good speak fairly to him but think falsely and repay treachery with lies." 51. "Hotter than fire burns affection for five days between bad friends It dies down when the sixth day comes and all that friendship goes sour." 117. (...) "Never let a wicked man know of the misfortune that you suffer for from a wicked man you will never get a good thought in return." "I saw a man fatally wounded through the words of a wicked woman a malicious tongue brought about his death yet there was no truth in the accusation." 124. "That is the true mingling of kinship when you can tell someone of all your thoughts anything is better than to be fickle: he is no friend who only says pleasant things." 127. (...) "Where you recognize evil speak out against it and give no truce to your enemies." 128. (...) "Never be made glad by wickedness but make yourself the butt of approval."