To Weigh And Consider (By St. Thiruvalluvar) Poem by Rajendran Muthiah

501. How one tries out Virtue, Wealth, Pleasure and Fear for life
on oneself will make him dear.
502. Noble descent, free from faults, modesty and dreading stain
are one’s worth to confide.
503. Even the erudite and the fault-free, if closely thought of,
bear ignorance.
504. Whatever exceeds in one, either virtues or vices in one,
make out who he is.
505. One’s deeds are the touchstone to know
whether one is great or mean.
506. Don’t trust people who have no kin
as they are unattached to the world with no dread of sin.
507. Believing those who fail to know the knowable
brings the evils of all kinds of follies.
508. Think before you trust a person or else
unending woes come to your posterity.
509. Don’t trust an untried person. Once tested,
leave the deed fit to him to do.
510. Trusting one without weighing up and doubting a tested friend
will inflict ills incurable.