Simhasanadvatrimshika 11.p6

11.p6

tathā ca: kṣīreṇā 'tmagatodakāya hi guṇā dattāḥ purā te 'khilāḥ;

Again:

6. The milk first gives to the water, which has been mingled
with it, all its good qualities; when the water observes the tor-
ture of the milk (in boiling), it sacrifices itself in the fire; but then
seeing its friend’s disaster the milk becomes wild to get into the
fire itself, until being rejoined by the water it is quieted. Such,
in truth, is the friendship of the noble.”