to stay long in the company of a fool. We must be friendly to him, but we cannot be his friend—his ways are contagious. Avoiding a person’s company like this must be done with good reason, and it requires some measure of wisdom to perceive wisdom in others. So how are we to know if someone is increasing in wisdom? What exactly should we look for? Such external, visible marks of wisdom do exist, and we must train ourselves to be aware of them. First of all, we are looking for someone who has bowed