Be slow in choosing a friend; slower in changing. ?選擇朋友要審慎，摒棄更要審又慎。 ? ?

A friend in need is a friend indeed. ?患難見真交。 ? ?

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 his crimes. ?朋友宣揚人的美德，敵人夸大人的罪過。 ? ?

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

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 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。 ? ?