Sirach 27:8-10

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁸ Praise not a man before he speaketh, for this is the trial of men.

⁹ If thou followest justice, thou shalt obtain her: and shalt put her on as a long robe of honour, and thou shalt dwell with her: and she shall protect thee for ever, and in the day of acknowledgment thou shalt find a strong foundation.

¹⁰ Birds resort unto their like: so truth will return to them that practise her.