Say to wisdom, You are my sister; let knowledge be named your special friend:
If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister;
Let them be fixed to your fingers, and recorded in your heart.
So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.
Oh that you were my brother, who took milk from my mother's breasts! When I came to you in the street, I would give you kisses; yes, I would not be looked down on.