“friend to friend no more draws near, and the jester's cane has become a spear”

“Sometimes good friends become more than friends, which is normal because our friends understand us best and we are comfortable around them.”

“The wise man draws more advantage from his enemies than the fool from his friends.”

“He had been a boy who liked to draw, according to my friend, so he became an architect. Children who drew,I learned, became architects; I had thought they became painters. My friend explained that it was not proper to become a painter; it couldn’t be done. I resigned myself to architecture school and a long life of drawing buildings. It was a pity, for I disliked buildings, considering them only a stiffer and more ample form of clothing, and no more important.”

“Diamonds are a girl's best friend and dogs are a man's best friend. Now you know which sex has more sense.”

“Kings kill; jesters don’t; therefore the jesters of the kings are more valuable than the kings!”