Kitap 2
4.11
and those who are not busybodies, for the same reason. And those with whom we wish to be friends, if they also seem to wish it; such are those who excel in virtue and enjoy a good reputation, either generally, or amongst the best, or amongst those who are admired by us or by whom we are admired.Spengel reads ἢ ἐν οἷς θαυμάζουσιν αὐτοί and brackets [ ἢ ἐν τοῖς θαυμαζομένοις ὑφ’ αὑτῶν]. ἅπασιν, βελτίστοις, and οἷς will then all be neuter.
4.12
Further, those who are agreeable to live or spend the time with; such are those who are good-tempered and not given to carping at our errors, neither quarrelsome nor contentious, for all such persons are pugnacious, and the wishes of the pugnacious appear to be opposed to ours.
4.13
And those are liked who are clever at making or taking a joke, for each has the same end in view as his neighbor, being able to take a joke and return it in good taste.
4.14
And those who praise our good qualities, especially those which we ourselves are afraid we do not possess;
4.15
those who are neat in their personal appearance and dress, and clean-living;
4.16
those who do not make our errors or the benefits they have conferred a matter of reproach, for both these are inclined to be censorious;
4.17
those who bear no malice and do not cherish the memory of their wrongs, but are easily appeased; for we think that they will be to ourselves such as we suppose them to be to others;
