most men’s friendships are too inarticulate. 人的友誼是無法言喻的。
is good when new, but friends when old.東西是新的好，朋友是老的親。
if only you have got a bosom friend, there is meaning in your life.人生得一知己，斯則世同懷視之。
friendship is like a plant of slow growth. 友誼像生長著的植物， 是慢慢地建立起來的。
friend in court is better than a penny in purse.曩中有錢，不如朝中有友。
both together do best of all. 二人同心，無往不勝。
between friends all is common. 朋友之間不分彼此。
a man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn. 路遙知馬力，日久見人心。
a good friend is my nearest relation. 良友如近親。
a good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 好書如摯友， 情誼永不渝。
a friend without faults will never be found.沒有缺點的朋友是永遠找不到的。
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 in need is a friend indeed. 患難朋友才是真朋友。
a faithful friend is hard to find.知音難覓。
【有關於友誼的英文諺語】
(1)a bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.(海記憶體知己,天涯若比鄰.)
(2)a brother may not be a friend,but a friend will always be a brother.(兄弟不一定是朋友,而朋友一定是兄弟.)
(3)friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another;people are friends in spots.(友誼是兩者思想的結合,志趣相投才能成為朋友.)
(4)friendship is like a plant of slow growth. (友誼象生長著的植物,是慢慢地建立起來的.)
(5)between friends all is common. (朋友之間不分彼此.)
(6)a good book is the best of friends,the same today and forever. (好書如摯友,情誼永不渝.)
(7)a man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.(路遙知馬力,日久見人心.)
(8) be true to your word,your work ,and your friend.(人應遵守諾言,忠實自己的工作和友人.)
(9)i know not whether our names will be immortal;i am sure our friendship will .(我不知道我們的名字能否永垂不朽;我敢說我們的友誼會與世長存.)
(10)i like a simple friend , who holds my faults like a looking glass before my face.( 我喜歡這樣的朋友,他對我的缺點就象照鏡子一樣直言不諱.)
(11)in the hours of distress and miser,the eyes of every mortal man turn to friendship;in the hour of gladness and conviviality ,what is our want?it is friendship.when the heart overflows with gratitude,or with any other sweet and sarced sentiment,what is the world to which it would give utterance?a friend.(情緒低落時,人們會尋找友誼/歡樂的時刻,缺少什麼呢?還是友誼.在充滿感激之情或其他甜蜜,神聖的感情時,又會說什麼詞呢?朋友.)
(12)it is well that there is no one without a fault,for he would not have a friend in the world . (世界上沒有不犯錯誤的人.想交沒有錯誤的朋友,你就沒有朋友.)
(13)it is only the greathearted who can be true friends;the mean and the cowardly can never know what true friendship is .(只有偉大胸懷的人才是真正的朋友;平庸和怯懦之輩決不可能了解真正友誼的含義.)
(14)most men's friendships are too inarticulate.(人的友誼是無法言喻的.)
(15)no man can be happy without a friend,nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.(沒有朋友的人不會幸福.不處逆境不能識別朋友.)