Wounds from a friend',

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"Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but
an enemy multiplies kisses." Proverbs 27:6

The true friend is not the honeyed flatterer. He 
who possesses the hall-mark of that noblest of 
relationships is rather the confidential adviser, 
or, it may be, the faithful censor, who, with 
delicate tact and yet bold freedom, can point out 
the peril or shortcoming to which we ourselves are 
blind—the undiscovered weak joint in the armour. 

Inestimable is the worth of such outspoken,
unselfish, trusted sincerity; faithful the wounds
of such friends.