“Noble dragons don't have friends. The nearest they can get to the idea is an enemy who is still alive.”

“The enemies of your enemies are not always your friends, but they can still be useful.”

“. . . and what are you exactly, my friend? Their subordinate? Their employee? Or, I would suggest, their equal? That's what young Karl would certainly have said, and probably still does. Unless he's no longer alive.' Dodger gave Solomon and strange look and Solomon hastened to clarify. "'Mmmm, as I recall, if you go around telling people that they are downtrodden, you tend to make two separate enemies: the people who are doing the downtreading and have no intention of stopping, and the people who are downtrodden, but nevertheless -- people being who they are -- don't want to know. They can get quite nasty about it.' (205)”

“If you don't have friends, find the enemy”

“No enemy is so annoying as one who was a friend, or still is a friend,and there are many more of these than one would suspect.”

“Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.”