XLVI + 

Keeping Aloof from Vulgar Company + 

Men of worth fear vulgar company: but little-minded men mix with it as if they made one family with it. + 

Water altereth and taketh the character of the soil through which it floweth: even so the mind taketh the colour of the company with which it consorteth. + 

The understanding of a man belongeth unto his mind: but his reputation dependeth on the company he keepeth. + 

The disposition of a man seemeth to reside in his mind: but its veritable abode is the company in which he moveth. + 

Purity of heart and purity of action depend upon the purity of a man’s company. + 

The pure of heart shall have a righteous progeny: and everything prospereth unto those that consort with good company. + 

Purity of heart is a treasure unto a man: and virtuous company bringeth him every glory. + 

Though themselves are endowed with every virtue, the wise looks upon the company of the pure as a tower of strength. + 

Virtue leadeth unto heaven: and the company of the good steadieth a man in the practice thereof. + 

There is no greater ally to a man than good company: and nothing injureth so much as evil company. + 