1. Sakhá Sutta. Seven qualities which make a man a
desirable friend:
- he gives what is hard to give,
- does what is hard to do,
- bears what is hard to bear,
- confesses his own secrets,
- keeps others' secrets,
- does not forsake one in time of need,
- and does not despise one in time of one's ruin.
A.iv.31.
2. Sakhá Sutta. Seven things which make a person a
desirable friend:
- he is genial,
- pleasant,
- grave,
- cultured,
- eloquent,
- gentle,
- profound in speech,
- and urges one on at the proper time. A.iv.32.
