Set great store by friendship.

情意重千斤。

Between friends all is common.

朋友之间不分彼此。

Old friends and old wine are best.

陈酒味醇, 老友情深。

The friendship of a gentleman is insipid¹ as water.

君子之交淡如水。

A bosom² friend afar brings a distant land near.

海内存知己, 天涯若比邻。

Most men's friendships are too inarticulate.

人的友谊是无法言喻的。

Friendship is like a plant of slow growth.

友谊像生长着的植物, 是慢慢地建立起来的。

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.

好书如挚友, 情谊永不渝。

A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.

路遥知马力, 日久见人心。

I like a simple friend, who holds my faults like a looking glass before my face.

我喜欢这样的朋友, 他对我的缺点就像照镜子一样直言不讳。

It is well that there is no one without a fault, for he would not have a friend in the world .

世界上没有不犯错误的人. 想交没有错误的朋友, 你就没有朋友。

It is only the greathearted who can be true friends; the mean and the cowardly can never know what true friendship is.

只有伟大胸怀的人才是真正的朋友; 平庸和怯懦之辈决不可能了解真正友谊的含义。

No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.

没有朋友的人不会幸福，不处逆境不能识别朋友。

Nothing makes the earth seem to spacious³ as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes⁴ and longitudes⁵.

远方的朋友能使世界变得非常宽阔; 他们组成了经纬度。

Of our mixed life two quests are given control: food for the body, friendship for the soul.

在复杂的生命中, 有两点要牢记:为生存需要吃饭, 而心灵需要友谊。

The best that we find in our travel is an honest friend. He is a fortunate voyager who finds many.

旅行中最愉快的事是交到一个真诚的朋友。

The making of friends who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in life.

能交到真正的朋友是人生中最成功的事。

The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them.

对朋友爱得越深, 奉承得就越少。

The smell of coin is often the knell⁶ of friendship.

铜臭味浓往往是友谊的不祥之兆。

The true friendship seeks to give, not take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered unto.

真正的友谊追求的是给予, 而不是索取; 是帮助别人, 而不是被人帮助; 是为人服务, 而不是被人服务。

To prepare a friend, three things are required: to honor him present, praise him absent, and assist him in his necessities.

维护朋友, 有三件事情要做到：当面要尊重他, 不在场时要表扬他, 苦难时要帮助他。

Choose thy friends like thy books, few but choice.

选择朋友要像选书那样, 数量要少, 但质量要精。