1.a bosom friend afar brings distant land near. 海內存知己，天涯若比鄰。
2.a faithful friend is hard to find. 益友難得。
3.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。
4.a friend exaggerates a man’s virtue, an enemy his crimes. 朋友宣揚人的美德，敵人誇大人的罪過。
5.a friend in court is better than a penny in purse. 囊中有錢，不如朝中有友。
6.a friend in need is a friend indeed. 患難見真交。
7.a friend in need is a friend indeed.患難見真情
8.a friend is a second self. 朋友是另一個我。
9.a friend is best found in adversity. 患難見真友。
10.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。
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. 廣交友，無深交。
13.a friend without faults will never be found. 沒有缺點的朋友是永遠找不到的。
14.a good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us. 一本好書，莫逆之交。
15.a joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend. 開玩笑總不能化敵爲友，反而有時會失去朋友。
16.a life without a friend is a life without a sun. 人生在世無朋友，猶如生活無太陽。
17.a near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman. 遠親不如近鄰。
18.a ready way to lose friend is to lend him money. 失友皆從借錢起。
19.a thousand friends are few, one enemy is too many. 朋友千人尚覺少，仇敵一人猶嫌多。
20.a true friend is known in the day of adversity. 疾風知勁草，患難見真情。
