Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake

Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we read more

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy will read more

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.

Let our friends perish, provided that our enemies fall at the
same time.
[Lat., Pereant amici, dum una read more

Let our friends perish, provided that our enemies fall at the
same time.
[Lat., Pereant amici, dum una inimici intercidant.]

They love him, gentlemen, and they respect him, not only for
himself, but for his character, for his integrity read more

They love him, gentlemen, and they respect him, not only for
himself, but for his character, for his integrity and judgment
and iron will; but they love him most for the enemies he has
made.

I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, read more

I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, my goddamned friends, they're the ones who keep me walking the floor at nights!

Our enemies will tell the rest with pleasure.

Our enemies will tell the rest with pleasure.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends,
for one of our friends will certainly become read more

It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends,
for one of our friends will certainly become an enemy and one of
our enemies a friend.