We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault. 指望朋友無缺點，永遠休想交朋友。

Old friends and old wines are best. 陳酒味醇，老友情深。

No man is the whole of himself; his friends are the rest of him. 任何人自己都不是完整的；他的朋友是他的其余部分。

Friends are thieves of time. 朋友是時間的竊賊。

Friends agree best at distance. 朋友之間也會保持距離。

Between friends all is common. 朋友之間不分彼此。

All are not friends that speak us fair．說我們好話的未必都是朋友。

A true friend is known in the day of adversity．苦難才能看出真正的朋友。

A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend. 戲謔不能化敵為友，只能使人失去朋友。

A friend without faults will never be found. 沒有十全十美的朋友。

A friend to every body is a friend to nobody. 廣交友，無深交。

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

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。

A friend is never known till a man has need. 需要之時方知友。

A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友難，失朋友易。

A friend is best found in adversity. 患難見真友。

A friend is a second self. 朋友是另一個我。

A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患難朋友才是真朋友。

A friend in court is better than a penny in purse.曩中有錢，不如朝中有友。

A faithful friend is the medicine of life. 真誠的朋友如一劑生活的良藥。