Quotes about Loyalty

Is it not hard that even those who are with us should be against us - that a man's enemies, in some degree, should be those of the same household of faith? Yet so it is.

Is it not hard that even those who are with us should be against us - that a man's enemies, in some degree, should be those of the same household of faith? Yet so it is.

He who eats my bread does my will.

A straightforward, honest person should be like someone who stinks: when you're in the same room with him, you know it. But false straightforwardness is like a knife in the back. False friendship is the worst. Avoid it at all costs. If you're honest and straightforward and mean well, it should show in your eyes. It should be unmistakable.

Not to shrug off a friend's resentment—even unjustified resentment—but try to put things right.

There is nothing more shameful than perfidious friendship.

Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.

Never injure a friend, even in jest.

n the face of a true friend a man sees as it were a second self......

Nevertheless, blood is thicker than water, as anyone knows who has tasted both.

On impulse he might die for her, but living for her would be quite different. He has no talent for monotony.

You can't lead if no one will follow.