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。
misfortune tests the sincerity of friends 患难见真情。
old friends and old wines are best 陈酒味醇, 老友情深。
a friend is never known till a man has need 需要之时方知友。
the friendship of a gentleman is insipid as water 君子之交淡如水。
a bosom friend afar brings a distant land near 海内存知己, 天涯若比邻。
most men's friendships are too inarticulate 人的友谊是无法言喻的。
a friend without faults will never be found 没有十全十美的朋友。
he is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs 背后说好话, 才是真朋友。
what is a friend? a single soul dewlling in two bodies 朋友是什么?两幅躯壳拥有同一个灵魂。
friendship is like a plant of slow growth 友谊像生长着的植物, 是慢慢地建立起来的。
a good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever 好书如挚友, 情谊永不渝。
a man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn 路遥知马力, 日久见人心。
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。
familiar paths and old friends are the best 熟路好遵循，老友最可珍。
friends are like fiddle-strings, they must not be screwed too tight 朋友像琴弦，不能太拧紧。
friendship cannot stand always on one side 来而不往非礼也。
friendship is love with understanding 友谊是爱加上谅解。
friendship multiplies joys and pides griefs 友谊可以增添欢乐，可以分担忧愁。
friendship ---- one soul in two bodies 友谊是两人一条心。
friendship the older it grows the stronger it is 友谊地久天长。
friends may meet, but mountains never greet 朋友可相逢，高山永分离。
friends must part 天下无不散之筵席。
a hedge between keeps friendship green君子之交淡如水。
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。
