“Friends are relatives you make for yourself.”
Eustache Deschamps
“Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.”
Chanakya
“Relatives are the worst friends, said the fox as the dogs took after him”
Danish Proverb
“In wealth, many friends; in poverty, not even relatives.”
Japanese Proverb
“Those men who are happy in this world, who are generous towards their relatives, kind to strangers, indifferent to the wicked, loving to the good, shrewd in their dealings with the base, frank with the learned, courageous with enemies, humble with elders and stern with the wife.”
“God gave us our relatives; thank God we can choose our friends”
Ethel Watts Mumford
““Personal history must be constantly renewed by telling parents, relatives, and friends everything one does. On the other hand, for the warrior who has no personal history, no explanations are needed; nobody is angry or disillusioned with his acts. And above all, no one pins him down with their thoughts and their expectations.””
Carlos Castaneda
