赢得朋友。朋友是第二个自己。朋友对朋友都善良而明智:在朋友之间,所有的事情都顺遂如意。一个人如何,要看别人想让他如何。如果别人想要你好,你就要赢得他们的心,这样他们才会夸奖你。知恩图报最具魔力——赢得别人好感之上策,是采取友好的行动。我们所拥有最多的、最好的都是有赖于别人的。我们不是与朋友为伍,就是与敌人为伴。因此,你应该每天都结交一些希望你好的人——即便不是朋友;经过考验之后,他们之中的某些人会成为你的心腹密友。
Have friends. A friend is a second self. Every friend is good and wise for his friend: between them everything turns to good. Everyone is as others wish him; in order that they may wish him well, he must win their hearts and so their tongues. There is no magic like a good turn, and the way to gain friendly feelings is to do friendly acts. The most and best of us depend on others; we have to live either among friends or among enemies. Seek someone every day to be a well-wisher if not a friend; by and by after trial some of these will become intimate.