I would rather have a good friend than the best cock or quail in the world: I would even go further, and say the best horse or dog.
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My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.
A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
The Seven Commandments: Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. No animal shall wear clothes. No animal shall sleep in a bed. No animal shall drink alcohol. No animal shall kill any other animal. All animals are equal.
A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything.
And if a friend does you wrong, then say: “I forgive you what you have done to me; that you have done it to YOURSELF, however – how could I forgive that!”
Our faith in others betrays that we would rather have faith in ourselves. Our longing for a friend is our betrayer. And often with our love we want merely to overcome envy. And often we attack and make ourselves enemies, to conceal that we are vulnerable.
Go up close to your friend but do not go over to him! We should respect the enemy that is in our friend.
One of the principal functions of a friend is to suffer (in a milder and symbolic form) the punishments that we should like, but are unable, to inflict upon our enemies.
