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None but yourself who are your greatest foe.
None but yourself who are your greatest foe.
I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.
I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.
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.
His father was no man's friend but his owne, and he (saith the
prouerbe) is no man's for else.
His father was no man's friend but his owne, and he (saith the
prouerbe) is no man's for else.
Misfortune tests friends, and detects enemies
Misfortune tests friends, and detects enemies
Ignorance, madam, pure ignorance.
Ignorance, madam, pure ignorance.
Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.
Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.
I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.
I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.
Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.