“The main wish of the introvert is to avoid friends as well as enemies.”

“The main source of well-being – is a conscious and persistent wish to live fully.”

“You know, folks, the French have always been reluctant to surrender to the wishes of their friends, and almost anticipatory in their urge to surrender to the wishes of their enemies.”

“A friend in need is a friend to be avoided.”

“Those who wish to be inspired by the glory of the British Empire would do well to avoid reading Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations ...”

“The main enemies of science are facts and commonsense.”

“If the enemy of my enemy is my friend, then surely you should be friend to my friend.”

“[B]efore the passing of the Poor-Law Bill, I wished to avoid [a] convulsive termination. I now do not wish it to be avoided.”

“The main enemy of conservatism in Britain is the Conservative Party.”

“It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live.”