Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Lord, defend me from my friends; I can account for my enemies

Lord, defend me from my friends; I can account for my enemies

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.]

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

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

Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in
his life when he has one too read more

Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in
his life when he has one too few; but if he has only one enemy,
he is lucky indeed if he has not one too many.

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.

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.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

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.