124. For from an ill-conditioned man Thou wilt never get A return for good; But a good man will Bring thee favor By his praise. 125. There is a mingling of affection, Where one can tell Another all his mind. Everything is better Than being with the deceitful. He is not another’s friend Who ever says as he says. 126. I counsel thee, Lodfafner, To take advice; Thou wilt profit, if thou takest it. Even in three words Quarrel not with a worse man: Often the better yields, When the worse strikes. 127. I counsel thee, Lodfafner, To take advice; Thou wilt profit, if thou takest it. Be not a shoemaker Nor a shaftmaker, Unless for thyself it be: For a shoe, if ill made, Or a shaft if crooked, Will call down evil on thee. 128. I counsel thee, Lodfafner, To take advice; Thou wilt profit, if thou takest it. Wherever of injury thou knowest, Regard that injury as thy own; And give to thy foes no peace. 129. I counsel thee, Lodfafner, To take advice; Thou wilt profit, if thou takest it. Rejoiced at evil Be thou never, But let good give thee pleasure. 130. I counsel thee, Lodfafner, To take advice; Thou wilt profit, if thou takest it. In a battle Look not up,[18] (Like swine[19] The sons of men then become), That men may not fascinate thee. 131. If thou wilt induce a good woman To pleasant converse, Thou must promise fair, And hold to it: No one turns from good, if it can be got. 132. I enjoin thee to be wary, But not over-wary; At drinking be thou most wary, And with another’s wife; And thirdly, That thieves delude thee not. 133. With insult or derision Treat thou never A guest or wayfarer; They often little know, Who sit within, Of what race they are who come.