and perhaps the kings coldness is better for disciplining a friend than his contact with people even though that does not happen with the agreement of the one who is cold because it frees the one who is cold to himself and devotes himself to his own affairs and since he cannot be free for him from his important affairs. and also in it is that if the one who is cold is a talkative person and a joker then it is more appropriate that he benefit from that coldness with new knowledge that is updated for him through books and studying them or through observation and meeting and perhaps he was not able to do that before while he was busy. and from it is that the kings coldness may discipline the friend greatly.
وعلى أنه ربما كانت جفوة الملك أصلح في تأديب الصاحب من اتصاله بالأنس، وإن كان ذلك لا يقع بموافقة المجفو، لأن فيها فراغ المجفو لنفسه، وتخلصه لأمره، ولما كان لا يمكنه الفراغ له من مهم أمره. وفيها أيضا أنه إن كان المجفو من أهل السمر، وأصحاب الفكاهات، فبالحرى أن يستفيد بتلك الجفوة علما طريفا محدثا له بالكتب ودراستها أو بالمشاهدة والملاقاة، وربما كان لا يمكنه قبل ذلك، وهو في شغله. ومنها أن جفوة الملك ربما أدبت الصاحب الأدب الكبير.