Friends make pretence of following to the grave but before one is in it, their minds are turned and making the best of their way back to life and living people and things they understand.

Robert Frost

FriendsGraveLifeThings...+1

Compliments win friends, honesty loses them.

Rabindranath Tagore

ComplimentsWinFriendsHonesty...+1

If friends disappoint you over and over, that's in large part your own fault. Once someone has shown a tendency to be self-centered, you need to recognize that and take care of yourself; people aren't going to change simply because you want them to.

Oprah Winfrey

FriendsDisappointFaultChange...+4

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.

Buddha

InsincereEvilFriendFeared...+5

Man is very well defended against himself... The actual fortress is inaccessible, even invisible to him, unless his friends and enemies play the traitor and conduct him in by a secret path.

Friedrich Nietzsche

ManDefendedFortressInvisible...+5

A real friend or mentor isn't on your payroll.

Prince

FriendMentorPayrollReal