| AN.VII.35 | Pa.thama Sakhaa Sutta | The following sorts of friends are worth associating with: 1. those who give possessions that are hard to give; 2. those who grant favours that are difficult to accomplish; 3. those who are patient of words that are hard to tolerate; 4. those who share their secrets with you; 5. those who keep secret the things you tell them in confidence; 6. those who don't abandon you in times of trouble, and; 7. those who don't look down on you when you run out of money. | 37/091 | Sattaka Nipaata, Pa.thamapa.n.naasaka | A"nguttara | A.iv. | |