It is better to fall in with crows than with flatterers; for in the one case you are devoured when dead, in the other case while alive.
Beside him, making scarcely a sound, walked James, Sirius, Lupin, and Lily, and their presence was his courage, and the reason he was able to keep putting one foot in front of the other.
If people of one''s own side have good conduct, it adds power to oneself. The misconduct on the contrary render one powerless. The enemy taks advantage of it. A skilled statesman never allows enemy to win over.
My haters are laughable punks, my supporters the greatest people that ever lived.
Loyal companions are an unequaled grace, stanching fear before it bleeds you numb, a reliable antidote for creeping despair.
Adversity shows whether we have friends, or only the shadows of friends.
As you walk the road of life, be careful of your friends. They can make you or break you.
Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg'd comrade.
It is at moments of need that one learns who one's friends are. Defeated armies learn their lesson.
It is better to have one friend [or ally] of great value than many who were good for nothing.
The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!
