Sometimes a daily reading just does not need any additional commentary:

⁵ A kind mouth multiplies friends, and gracious lips prompt friendly greetings.⁶ Let your acquaintances be many, but one in a thousand your confidant.⁷ When you gain a friend, first test him, and be not too ready to trust him⁸ For one sort of friend is a friend when it suits him, but he will not be with you in time of distress.⁹ Another is a friend who becomes an enemy, and tells of the quarrel to your shame.¹⁰ Another is a friend, a boon companion, who will not be with you when sorrow comes.¹¹ When things go well, he is your other self, and lords it over your servants;¹² But if you are brought low, he turns against you and avoids meeting you.¹³ Keep away from your enemies; be on your guard with your friends.¹⁴ A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter; he who finds one finds a treasure.¹⁵ A faithful friend is beyond price, no sum can balance his worth.¹⁶ A faithful friend is a life-saving remedy, such as he who fears God finds;¹⁷ For he who fears God behaves accordingly, and his friend will be like himself.” (Sirach 6:5–17)