FRIENDSHIP
Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
FRIENDSHIP, AN EVIL FRIEND WILL WOUND YOUR MIND
Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
friends, explain, believe, enemies
Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success.
FRIENDSHIP, SUCCESS ALWAYS NECESSITATES A DEGREE OF RUTHLESSNESS
Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.