Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare read more

Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.

Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view.

Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view.

To mortify and even to injure an opponent, reproach him with the very defect or vice ... you feel ... read more

To mortify and even to injure an opponent, reproach him with the very defect or vice ... you feel ... in yourself.

Let my enemies devour each other.

Let my enemies devour each other.

No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have read more

No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.

Our real enemies are the people who make us feel so good that we are slowly, but inexorably, pulled down read more

Our real enemies are the people who make us feel so good that we are slowly, but inexorably, pulled down into the quicksand of smugness and self-satisfaction.

Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.

Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

An enemy is anyone who tells the truth about you.

An enemy is anyone who tells the truth about you.