.a bosom friend afar brings distant land near. 海内存知己，天涯若比邻。

.a faithful friend is hard to find. 益友难得。

.a father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both. 父亲是财富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之。

.a friend exaggerates a man’s virtue, an enemy his crimes. 朋友宣扬人的美德，敌人夸大人的罪过。

.a friend in court is better than a penny in purse. 囊中有钱，不如朝中有友。

.a friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真交。

.a friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情

.a friend is a second self. 朋友是另一个我。

.a friend is best found in adversity. 患难见真友。

.a friend is never known till a man has need. 不到患难时，永远不能认识真正的朋友。

.a friend is not so soon gotten as lost. 交友慢，失友快。

.a friend to everybody is a friend to nobody. 广交友，无深交。

.a friend without faults will never be found. 没有缺点的朋友是永远找不到的。

.a good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us. 一本好书，莫逆之交。

.a joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend. 开玩笑总不能化敌为友，反而有时会失去朋友。

.a life without a friend is a life without a sun. 人生在世无朋友，犹如生活无太阳。

.a near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman. 远亲不如邻。

.a ready way to lose friend is to lend him money. 失友皆从借钱起。

.a thousand friends are few, one enemy is too many. 朋友千人尚觉少，仇敌一人犹嫌多。

.a true friend is known in the day of adversity. 疾风知劲草，患难见真情。

.admonish your friends in private, praise them in public. 在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公开场合又表扬你的朋友。

.an empty purse frightens many friends. 囊中无分文，亲友不上门。

.be slow in choosing a friend; slower in changing. 选择朋友要审慎，摒弃更要审又慎。

.better lose a jest than a friend. 宁可不说一句俏皮话，以免得罪朋友们。

.choose an author as you choose a friend. 选书如择友。

.he that has a full purse never wants a friend. 只要袋里有，不愁没朋友。

.life without a friend is death without a witness. 在世无朋友，死后无证人。

.thy friend has a friend and thy friend’s friend has a friend so be discreet. 你的朋友有朋友，朋友的朋友又有朋友，所以要谨慎小心。

.trust not the praise of a friend, nor the contempt of an enemy. 不要信赖朋友的赞扬，也不要仇敌的轻蔑放在心上。

.we can live without a brother, but not without a friend. 我们生活中可以没有兄弟，但不能没有朋友。

.we can live without our friends, but not without our neighbours. 生活可无友，邻居不能无。

.when a friend asks, there is no tomorrow. 朋友的要求不要拖。

.without a friend the world is a wilderness. 没有朋友，世界就等於一片荒野。