André Ferdinand Herold, The Life of Buddha — 12. Siddhartha Leaves His Father's Palace (1927)
“ Companions in arms or in pleasure are not hard to find, and we never want for friends when we set out to acquire wealth; but companions and friends desert us when it is the path of holiness we would take. Yet of this am I certain: he who helps another to do good or to do evil shares in that good or in that evil. Know then, O Kanthaka, that it is a virtuous impulse that moves me. Lend me your strength and your speed; the world's salvation and your own is at stake."The prince had spoken to Kanthaka as he would have to a friend. ”
