Footnote

a Commentator A. Cohen states concerning this verse: “In the heart of our friend we see our own character reflected. . . . It is in the frank and sympathetic intercourse of friendship that we really get to know ourselves, and to realize what is in us.” (Proverbs, The Soncino Press) The Bible version by W. F. Beck states in part: “So you can see yourself reflected in the heart of another man.”