Kural 801
What is old familiarity? It is when neither friend
objects to liberties taken by the other.
Kural 802
Liberties taken by a friend are friendship’s rightful possession;
to allow them is the willing duty of wise men.
Kural 803
What is the purpose of long-standing fellowship
if friends’ familiar actions are not accepted as one’s own?
Kural 804
Familiar with familiarity, the wise are never annoyed
when friends do things without asking.
Kural 805
When friends do things that hurt you, attribute it
to unawareness or to the privileges of friendship.
Kural 806
Bound by brotherhood, true friends never break their bond
with an old comrade, even if he brings them loss.
Kural 807
Old friends do not forsake loving fellowships,
even when those they cherish happen to do them harm.
Kural 808
An intimate of any strength will never listen to faults said of friends;
and on the day a friend offends, he is content to keep silent.
Kural 809
The world cherishes faithful men who never forsake
old friendships, worn by time but unbroken.
Kural 810
Even ill-wishers will wish those well
who never abandon affection for old friends.
