A friend is not so soon gotten as lost. 交友慢，失友快。
A friend to every body is a friend to nobody. 廣交友，無深交。
A friend without faults will never be found.沒有缺點的朋友是永遠找不到的.。
A good friend is my nearest relation. 良友如近親。
Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公開場合又表揚你的朋友。
A faithful friend is hard to find. 益友難得。
A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both. 父親是財富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之。
A friend exaggerates a man's virtue, an enemy hiscrimes. 朋友宣揚人的美德，敵人誇大人的罪過。
A friend in court is better than a penny in purse.曩中有錢，不如朝中有友。
A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患難朋友才是真朋友。
A friend is a second self. 朋友是另一個我。
A friend is best found in adversity. 患難見真友。
A friend is never known till a man have need.不到患難時，永遠不能認識真正的朋友。
To preserve a friend three things are required: to honour him present, praise him absent, and assist him in his necessities.
維持友誼需要三點∶當面尊重他，背後讚揚他，需要時幫助他。
We can live without a brother, but not without a friend.
我們生活中可以沒有兄弟，但不能沒有朋友。
Without a friend the world is a wilderness.
沒有朋友，世界就等於一片荒野。
A bosom friend afar brings distant land near.
海內存知己，天涯若比鄰。
Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.
在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公開場合要表揚你的朋友。
An empty purse frightens many friends.
囊中無分文，親友不上門。
A ready way to lose friend is to lend him money.
失友皆從借錢起。
A thousand friends are few, one enemy is too many.
朋友千人尚覺少，仇敵一人猶嫌多。
A true friend is known in the day of adversity.
疾風知勁草，患難見真情。
A true friend is one soul in two bodies.
真正的朋友好似兩個身子長著一顆心。
Better an open enemy than a false friend.
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