If between friends there is not equality, there won't be perfect love.

Some suggestions for you :
He's a friend at sneezing-time--the most that can be got from him is a "God bless you."
A spirited horse, a compliant; an aggressive man, a compliant horse.
It is too late to come with water when the house is burnt down.
Who stays at the master and doesn't learn, is either a jackass or pretends to be one.
What has the rooster of Sciacca been reduced to, to be pecked by the hen.