ἄνευ γὰρ φίλων οὐδεὶς ἕλοιτ᾽ ἂν ζῆν, ἔχων τὰ λοιπὰ ἀγαθὰ πάντα → without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods
ξηρόλιθοι: οἱ, ξηροὶ λίθοι τιθέμενοι ἐν οἰκοδομῇ ἄνευ πηλοῦ, ἴδε Δουκάγγ.