On friends and enemies


I am displeased with the company of friends
To whom my bad qualities appear to be good;
They fancy my faults are virtues and perfection;
My thorns they believe to be rose and jessamine.
Say! where is the bold and quick enemy
To make me aware of my defects?

Shaikh Muslih ud din Saadi Shirazi Suharwardi (Allah have mercy on him)