Upakāro ca yo mitto,

sukhe dukkhe ca yo sakhā,

atthakkhāyī ca yo mitto,

yo ca mittānukampako --

etepi mitte cattāro iti viññāya paṇḍito

sakkaccaṃ payirupāseyya

mātā puttaṃ va orasaṃ.

Listen

The friend who is a helpmate,

the friend in happiness and woe,

the friend who gives good counsel,

the friend who sympathises too --

these four as friends the wise behold

and cherish them devotedly

as does a mother her own child.

Dīgha Nikāya 3.265

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Everyman's Ethics: Four Discourses by the Buddha (WH 14), translated by Narada Thera

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