It is better to have a learned person for an enemy than a fool for a friend. As for myself, my life now depends entirely on the hands of my enemy the cat.
श्रेष्ठो हि पण्डितः शत्रुर्न च मित्रमपण्डितः॥ मम त्वमित्रे माजरि जीवितं सम्प्रतिष्ठितम्।