That little boy didn't need to read a book on how to win friends and influence people.
That last did not win friends and influence people with me.
It did not win him many friends from either of the main parties.
All this talk about blue cards was not going to win him friends here.
So he changed directions and set out to win friends.
In your hands they become tools to win friends and influence people.
As an administrator, he knew how to win friends and get things done.
But his absence from the political scene won him few friends at home.
He later became involved in politics and won influential friends.
Being told "you probably don't know anything about this" won't win many friends.