Weigh their worth and friendship pin
Of men of virtue and mature brain.
Cherish the help of men of skill
Who ward and safe-guard you from ill.
Honour and have the great your own
Is rarest of the rare things known.
To have betters as intimates
Power of all powers promotes.
Ministers are the monarch's eyes
Round him should be the right and wise.
To move with worthy friends who
knows Has none to fear from frightful foes.
No foe can foil his powers
Whose friends reprove him when he errs.
The careless king whom none reproves
Ruins himself sans harmful foes.
No capital, no gain in trade
No prop secure sans good comrade.
To give up good friends is ten times worse
Than being hated by countless foes.
GAINING GREAT MEN'S HELP
