• Sakhā Sutta

1. Sakhā Sutta. Seven qualities which make a man a desirable friend:

• he gives what is hard to give,
• does what is hard to do,
• bears what is hard to bear,
• confesses his own secrets,
• keeps others' secrets,
• does not forsake one in time of need,
• and does not despise one in time of one's ruin. A.iv.31.

2. Sakhā Sutta. Seven things which make a person a desirable friend:

• he is genial,
• pleasant,
• grave,
• cultured,
• eloquent,
• gentle,
• profound in speech,
• and urges one on at the proper time. A.iv.32.