A friend is never known till a man has need.

不到患難時，永遠不能認識真正的朋友。

A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.

交友慢，失友快。

A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.

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 joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend.

開玩笑總不能化敵為友，反而有時會失去朋友。

Better lose a jest than a friend.

寧可不說一句俏皮話，以免得罪朋友們。

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

選書如擇友。

He that has a full purse never wants a friend.

只要袋里有，不愁沒朋友。

Life without a friend is death without a witness.

在世無朋友，死后無證人。

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，所以要謹慎小心。

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，背后贊揚他，需要時幫助他。

Trust not the praise of a friend, nor the contempt of an enemy.

不要信賴朋友的贊揚，也不要仇敵的輕蔑放在心上。

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。

We can live without our friends, but not without our neighbours.

生活可無友，鄰居不能無。

When a friend asks, there is no tomorrow.

朋友的要求不要拖。

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(nèi)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，在公開場合又表揚你的朋友。

A faithful friend is hard to find.

益友難得。

A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us.

一本好書，莫逆之交。

A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.

遠親不如近鄰。

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。