a friend in court is better than a penny in purse 囊中有钱，不如朝中有友。
a friend in need is a friend indeed 患难见真交。
a friend in need is a friend indeed患难见真情
a friend is a second self 朋友是另一个我。
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends 患难见真情。
Old friends and old wines are best 陈酒味醇, 老友情深。
A friend is never known till a man has need 需要之时方知友。
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。
A friend without faults will never be found 没有十全十美的朋友。
He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs 背后说好话, 才是真朋友。
What is a friend? A single soul dewlling in two bodies 朋友是什么?两幅躯壳拥有同一个灵魂。
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。
a friend is best found in adversity 患难见真友。
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。
Familiar paths and old friends are the best 熟路好遵循，老友最可珍。
Friends are like fiddle-strings, they must not be screwed too tight 朋友像琴弦，不能太拧紧。
Friendship cannot stand always on one side 来而不往非礼也。
Friendship is love with understanding 友谊是爱加上谅解。
Friendship multiplies joys and pides griefs 友谊可以增添欢乐，可以分担忧愁。
Friendship ---- one soul in two bodies 友谊是两人一条心。
Friendship the older it grows the stronger it is 友谊地久天长。
Friends may meet, but mountains never greet 朋友可相逢，高山永分离。
Friends must part 天下无不散之筵席。
A hedge between keeps friendship green君子之交淡如水。
a friend is not so soon gotten as lost 交友慢，失友快。
a friend to everybody is a friend to nobody 广交友，无深交。
a friend without faults will never be found 没有缺点的朋友是永远找不到的。
a good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us 一本好书，莫逆之交。