A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
True friendship is constant at all times, not a swallow that flies away when summer ends. If I love my friend for his wisdom and virtue, poverty and disgrace will not cool that love. A brother is bound by nature itself to help in affliction; we must consider what we were born for, and answer the duty of our station.
AI summary
The true friend shows his love at all times; the right friend who matches the ideal. When adversity comes, friendship deepens into brotherhood. The friend receives his baptism then, born into that closer bond. These statements rise together, not in contrast: both speak of the same friend who proves himself a brother in the time of need.
AI summary
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. (h) So that he is more than a friend, even a brother that helps in time of adversity.