من ساوى بين عدوه وصديقه في التقريب والرفعة فلم يزد على أن زهد الناس في مودته وسهل عليهم عداوته ولم يزد على استخفاف عدوه له وتمكنه من مقاتله وإفساد صديقه على نفسه وإلحاقه بجملة أعدائه
Anyone who treats his enemy as equal to his friend in closeness and in promoting his position only succeeds in making people avoid his friendship and they find it just as easy to be his enemies. He will only win the disrespect of his enemy by handing him his vulnerable places, and he will lose his friend, since the latter will join the ranks of his adversaries