“As for Baron Buttlär, well...he had a wonderful blond moustache. Whenever he came to Berlin he consumed a great deal of champagne and pursued love affairs. A moustache like that made such behaviour practically obligatory, and it also made fine, upstanding fathers and husbands anxious.”
“Don't surround yourself with people like you, surround yourself with people you can learn from.”
“It is better to be in the company of a good book than to be in the company of bad friends.”
“Comparison can turn friends into adversaries.”
“It is better to live in a hut with your friend than to live in a palace with your enemy.”
“It is easier to rise when you have friends than to fall when you have enemies.”
“The one that loves you is worth more than the thousands that merely admire you.”
“It is better to ignore your friends than to listen to your enemies.”