Sirach 6:5-7

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁵ A sweet word multiplieth friends, and appeaseth enemies, and a gracious tongue in a good man aboundeth.

⁶ Be in peace with many, but let one of a thousand be thy counsellor.

⁷ If thou wouldst get a friend, try him before thou takest him, and do not credit him easily.