set great store by friendship.
情意重千斤。
between friends all is common.
朋友之間不分彼此。
old friends and old wine are best.
陳酒味醇, 老友情深。
the friendship of a gentleman is insipid as water.
君子之交淡如水。
a bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.
海記憶體知己, 天涯若比鄰。
most men's friendships are too inarticulate.
人的友誼是無法言喻的。
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。
a good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
好書如摯友, 情誼永不渝。
a man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.
路遙知馬力, 日久見人心。
i like a simple friend, who holds my faults like a looking glass before my face.
我喜歡這樣的朋友, 他對我的缺點就像照鏡子一樣直言不諱。
the smell of coin is often the knell of friendship.
銅臭味濃往往是友誼的不祥之兆。
the true friendship seeks to give, not take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered unto.
真正的友誼追求的是給予, 而不是索取; 是幫助別人, 而不是被人幫助; 是為人服務, 而不是被人服務。
to prepare a friend, three things are required: to honor him present, praise him absent, and assist him in his necessities.
維護朋友, 有三件事情要做到：當面要尊重他, 不在場時要表揚他, 苦難時要幫助他。
choose thy friends like thy books, few but choice.
選擇朋友要像選書那樣, 數量要少, 但質量要精。
my friend is not perfect—nor am i—and so we suit each other admirably.
朋友不會十全十美，你自己也一樣，雙方要互相尊敬。
for a congenial friend a thousand toasts are too few; in a disagreeable conversation one word more is too many.
酒逢知己千杯少，話不投機半句多。