Our Neighbor

Good fences make good neighbors.

I cannot now remember where that quotation came from, but I think it's something I picked up in high school. Our neighbor is okay but I've had some negative experiences with them. A concrete wall separates us from them so I don't know about the saying...
or am I taking it too literally?

(1) Our dog was playing with his food dish. Our neighbor (the man) called to say to stop the dog from making the racket as he was trying to sleep.

(2) Our mango tree was growing tall. The woman said to cut it as the ants were going to their place.

(3) They needed a ladder, they borrowed from us. They needed a coconut grater, they borrowed from us. Their house is a lot bigger, so they should be better equipped. Anyway...

(4) when their phone was out of order once, their house guests came over to use ours and we were still in bed then.

(5) They have a water pump for the flood, we do too. They turned on theirs, we turned on ours. Shortly after we did, they turned off theirs. Opportunistic, no? because when ours is on, it drains their water too as we share a drainage which crosses our grounds. Our house is behind theirs.