Intimate may refer to:
"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence."
"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence."
"It is very unfair to judge any body's conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation."
"The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side."