1.a bosom friend afar brings distant land near. 海内存知己，天涯若比邻。
2.a faithful friend is hard to find. 益友难得。
3.a father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both. 父亲是财富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之。
4.a friend exaggerates a man’s virtue, an enemy his crimes. 朋友宣扬人的美德，敌人夸大人的罪过。
5.a friend in court is better than a penny in purse. 囊中有钱，不如朝中有友。
6.a friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真交。
7.a friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情
8.a friend is a second self. 朋友是另一个我。
9.a friend is best found in adversity. 患难见真友。
10.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。
11.a friend is not so soon gotten as lost. 交友慢，失友快。
12.a friend to everybody is a friend to nobody. 广交友，无深交。
13.a friend without faults will never be found. 没有缺点的朋友是永远找不到的。
14.a good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us. 一本好书，莫逆之交。
15.a joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend. 开玩笑总不能化敌为友，反而有时会失去朋友。
16.a life without a friend is a life without a sun. 人生在世无朋友，犹如生活无太阳。
17.a near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman. 远亲不如近邻。
18.a ready way to lose friend is to lend him money. 失友皆从借钱起。
19.a thousand friends are few, one enemy is too many. 朋友千人尚觉少，仇敌一人犹嫌多。
20.a true friend is known in the day of adversity. 疾风知劲草，患难见真情。
