Polity (பொருட்பால்) — Friendship (நட்பியல்) — Familiarity (பழைமை)

Kural 801:
பழைமை எனப்படுவது யாதெனின் யாதும்
கிழமையைக் கீழ்ந்திடா நட்பு.
pazhaimai enappaduvadhu yaadhenin yaadhum
kizhamaiyaik keezhndhitaa natpu
English couplet:
Familiarity is friendship's silent pact,
That puts restraint on no familiar act
Explanation: Imtimate friendship is that which cannot in the least be injured by (things done through the) right (of longstanding intimacy).

Kural 802:
நட்பிற் குறுப்புக் கெழுதகைமை மற்றதற்கு
உப்பாதல் சான்றோர் கடன்.
natpiR kuRuppuk kezhudhakaimai matradhaRku
uppaadhal saandroar kadan
English couplet:
Familiar freedom friendship's very frame supplies;
To be its savour sweet is duty of the wise.
Explanation: The constituents of friendship are (things done through) the right of intimacy; to be pleased with such a right is the duty of the wise.

Kural 803:
பழகிய நட்பெவன் செய்யுங் கெழுதகைமை
செய்தாங்கு அமையாக் கடை.
pazhakiya natpevan seyyunG kezhudhakaimai
seydhaangu amaiyaak kadai
English couplet:
When to familiar acts men kind response refuse,
What fruit from ancient friendship's use?.
Explanation: Of what avail is long-standing friendship, if friends do not admit as their own actions done through the right of intimacy ?.

Kural 804:
விழைதகையான் வேண்டி இருப்பர் கெழுதகையாற்
கேளாது நட்டார் செயின்.
vizhaidhakaiyaan vaeNdi iruppar kezhudhakaiyaaR
kaeLaadhu nattaar seyin
English couplet:
When friends unbidden do familiar acts with loving heart,
Friends take the kindly deed in friendly part.
Explanation: If friends, through the right of friendship, do (anything) without being asked, the wise will be pleased with them on account of its desirability.

Kural 805:
பேதைமை ஒன்றோ பெருங்கிழமை என்றுணர்க
நோதக்க நட்டார் செயின்.
paedhaimai ondroa perungizhamai endruNarka
noadhakka nattaar seyin
English couplet:
Not folly merely, but familiar carelessness,
Esteem it, when your friends cause you distress.
Explanation: If friends should perform what is painful, understand that it is owing not only to ignorance, but also to the strong claims of intimacy.

Kural 806:
எல்லைக்கண் நின்றார் துறவார் தொலைவிடத்தும்
தொல்லைக்கண் நின்றார் தொடர்பு.
ellaikkaN nhindraar thuRavaar tholaividaththum
thollaikkaN nindraar thodarpu
English couplet:
Who stand within the bounds quit not, though loss impends,
Association with the old familiar friends.
Explanation: Those who stand within the limits (of true friendship) will not even in adversity give up the intimacy of long-standing friends.

Kural 807:
அழிவந்த செய்யினும் அன்பறார் அன்பின்
வழிவந்த கேண்மை யவர்.
azhivandha seyyinum anpaRaar anpin
vazhivandha kaeNmai yavar
English couplet:
Waters True friends, well versed in loving ways,
Cease not to love, when friend their love betrays.
Explanation: Those who have (long) stood in the path of affection will not give it up even if their friends cause (them) their ruin.

Kural 808:
கேளிழுக்கம் கேளாக் கெழுதகைமை வல்லார்க்கு
நாளிழுக்கம் நட்டார் செயின்.
kaeLizhukkam kaeLaak kezhudhakaimai vallaarkku
naaLizhukkam nattaar seyin
English couplet:
In strength of friendship rare of friend's disgrace who will not hear,
The day his friend offends will day of grace to him appear.
Explanation: To those who understand that by which they should not listen to (tales about) the faults of their friends, that is a (profitable) day on which the latter may commit a fault.

Kural 809:
கெடாஅ வழிவந்த கேண்மையார் கேண்மை
விடாஅர் விழையும் உலகு.
ketaaa vazhivandha kaeNmaiyaar kaeNmai
vidaaar vizhaiyum ulagu
English couplet:
Friendship of old and faithful friends,
Who ne'er forsake, the world commends.
Explanation: They will be loved by the world, who have not forsaken the friendship of those with whom they have kept up an unbroken long-standing intimacy.

Kural 810:
விழையார் விழையப் படுப பழையார்கண்
பண்பின் தலைப்பிரியா தார்.
vizhaiyaar vizhaiyap padupa pazhaiyaarkaN
paNpin thalaippiriyaa thaar
English couplet:
Ill-wishers even wish them well, who guard.
For ancient friends, their wonted kind regard.
Explanation: Even enemies will love those who have never changed in their affection to their long-standing friends.