1. 趋炎附势的人，不可与其共患难。

1. People who curry favor with the powerful should not be shared in adversity.

2. 如果一个人在一生中不结交新知，很快就会发现自己形单影孤。

2. If a person does not make new friends throughout their life, they will soon find themselves alone.

3. 真心结交朋友，应当忘掉朋友的过失。

3. To sincerely make friends, one should forget the faults of friends.

4. 士有妒友，则贤交不亲，君有妨臣，则贤臣不至。

4. If a scholar has envious friends, then noble companions will not be close; if a ruler has obstructive ministers, then virtuous ministers will not come.

5. 和你一同笑过的人，你可能把他忘掉；但是和你一同哭过的人，你却永远不忘。

5. You may forget the person who laughed with you, but you will never forget the one who cried with you.

6. 过分了解或者过分不了解，同样妨碍彼此的接近。

6. Both overknowledge and underknowledge hinder the approach to each other.

7. 因为有利可图才与你结为朋友的人，也会因为有利可图而与你绝交。

7. Those who become friends with you for the sake of profit will also sever ties with you for the sake of profit.

8. 以势交者，势倾则绝；以利交者，利穷则散。

8. Those who make friendships based on power will sever ties when the power wanes; those who make friendships based on profit will scatter when the profit dries up.

9. 能媚我者必能害我，宜加意防之；肯规予者必肯助予，宜倾心听之。

9. Those who can flatter me are bound to harm me, so I should be careful to guard against them; those who are willing to offer me advice are surely willing to help me, so I should listen with all my heart to them.

10. 对众人一视同仁，对少数人推心置腹，对任何人不要亏负。

10. Treat all people equally, be sincere to a few, and do not wrong anyone.

11. 义气之交，虽是真诚，总也失之太急。

11. True friendships based on righteousness may be sincere, but they often lack moderation.

12. 在欢乐时，朋友会认识我们；在患难时，我们会认识朋友。?>

12. In times of joy, friends will recognize us; in times of adversity, we will recognize our friends.

13. 仁爱的话，仁爱的诺言，嘴上说起来的容易的，只有在患难的时候，才能看见朋友的真心。

13. Words of kindness, promises of benevolence, are easy to say with the mouth, but it is only in times of trouble that one can see the true heart of a friend.

14. 真正的友谊的要素，在于体谅别人的小过失。

14. The elements of true friendship lie in forgiving others' minor faults.

15. 友谊不能乞求，那些时时将你轻慢的人是不能视为朋友的。

15. Friendship cannot be begged for, and those who constantly treat you with disdain cannot be regarded as friends.

16. 忽如一夜春风来，千树万树梨花开。

16. Suddenly, like a spring breeze one night, the pear blossoms bloom on ten thousand trees.

17. 与人共其乐者，人必忧其忧。与人同其安者，人必拯其危。

17. He who shares in others' joy will also share in their sorrow. He who shares in others' peace will also save them from danger.

18. 财富不是永久的朋友，但朋友是永久的财富。

18. Wealth is not a permanent friend, but friends are a permanent treasure.

19. 外倾性格的人容易得到很多朋友，但真朋友总是很少的，内倾者孤独，一旦获得朋友，往往是真的。

19. Extraverts tend to make many friends, but true friends are always few, while introverts are often lonely. Once they gain friends, however, they are usually genuine.

20. 始信淡交宜久远，与君转老转相亲。

20. Only now I truly believe that enduring friendships are worth long-term cultivation; with you, as we grow older, our affection grows even closer.

21. 贫贱之交不可忘，糟糠之妻不下堂。

21. Do not forget the friendship with the poor, and do not forsake your wife in hard times.

22. 我既找不到一个完全献身于我的朋友，我就必须有些能以其推动力克服我的惰性的朋友。

22. Since I cannot find a friend who is entirely devoted to me, I must have some friends who can overcome my inertia with their drive.

23. 友谊，与人的才干经历年龄紧密相连，所以交友要认真选择。

23. Friendship is closely related to a person's abilities, experiences, and age, so one should be careful in choosing friends.

24. 要这样生活；使你的朋友不致成为仇人，使你的仇人却成为朋友。

24. Live in such a way that your friends do not become your enemies, and your enemies become your friends.

25. 你敬我一尺，我敬你一丈，这样交往的友谊才能日益深厚，天长地久。

25. You show me one foot of respect, and I will show you ten feet in return. Only through such reciprocal friendship can our relationship become increasingly profound and last forever.

26. 最好的朋友是那种不喜欢多说，能与你默默相对而又息息相通的人。

26. The best friend is someone who doesn't like to talk much, someone who can be silently together with you yet connected in every way.

27. 君子之交，淡若水；小人之交，甘若醴。

27. The friendship of gentlemen is as light as water; the friendship of the unenlightened is as sweet as wine.

28. 朋友间有误会应当坦率地交换看法，不可背地诽谤；有过失应当面规劝之，在背后则应赞扬他的优点。

28. Misunderstandings among friends should be openly discussed, not slandered behind their backs; mistakes should be confronted directly, while behind their backs, his virtues should be praised.

29. 假使爱女人，应当爱及女人的狗。那么，真心结交朋友，应当忘掉朋友的过失。

29. If one loves women, one should also love the dogs of women. Then, if one truly wants to make friends, one should forget the faults of one's friends.

30. 没能弄清对方的底细，决不能掏出你的心来。

30. If you can't figure out the other person's background, you should never bare your heart.

31. 友不在多，得一人可胜百人；友不论久，得一日可逾千古。

31. A friend is not measured by how many there are, one friend is better than a hundred; a friendship is not about how long it lasts, one day with a friend is enough to transcend a thousand years.

32. 人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。

32. People have joys and sorrows, separations and reunions, and the moon has its times of brightness and darkness, fullness and waning. Such things are difficult to be fully understood in ancient times.

33. 以酒交友，与酒一样，仅一晚而已。

33. Making friends through alcohol, just like the alcohol itself, is only for one night.

34. 读书可以广智，宽恕可以交友。当你有机会读书的时候，请不要放弃读书的机会。当你能以豁达光明的心地去宽容别人的错误时，你的朋友自然就多了。

34. Reading can broaden one's wisdom, and forgiveness can foster friendships. When you have the opportunity to read, do not give up the chance to read. When you can approach the forgiveness of others' mistakes with an open and bright heart, you will naturally have more friends.

35. 不可以一时之誉，断其为君子，不可以一时之谤，断其为小人。

35. One cannot determine someone to be a gentleman based on their praise at a moment, nor can one conclude they are a villain based on their vilification at a moment.

36. 一个正直的人要经过长久的时间才能看得出来，一个坏人只要一天就认得出来。

36. A virtuous person takes a long time to be recognized, but a bad person can be identified in just one day.

37. 忠诚是友谊的桥梁，欺骗是友谊的叛徒。

37. Loyalty is the bridge of friendship, and deception is the traitor of friendship.

38. 所谓友谊，就是一颗心在两个身体里。

38. What is friendship, but one heart in two bodies.

39. 先淡后浓，先疏后亲，先远后近，交朋友之道也。

39. Start with light and then move to heavy, start with distant and then move to close, this is the way to make friends.

40. 在无利害观念之外，互相尊敬似乎是友谊的另一要点。

40. Beyond the notion of impartiality, mutual respect seems to be another key point of friendship.

41. 如果友谊一旦破坏了，连爱情也不能够再使它恢复。

41. If friendship is once destroyed, even love cannot restore it.

42. 独在异乡为异客，每逢佳节倍思亲。

42. Being a stranger in a foreign land, one is all alone; during festive seasons, one thinks of one's family even more.

43. 保持友谊的最好办法就是任何事情也不假手于他，同时也不借钱给他。

43. The best way to maintain friendship is to not delegate anything to him and also not to lend him any money.

44. 真正的友谊从来不会平静无波。

44. True friendship is never calm and tranquil.

45. 真正的朋友遇难就帮，假心的朋友遇难就嚷。

45. True friends help in times of trouble, false friends shout in times of trouble.

46. 君子与君子以同道为朋，小人与小人以同利为朋。

46. A gentleman befriends a gentleman with the same principles, and a small person befriends a small person with the same interests.

47. 为友解忧不图报酬，得友相助铭记在心。

47. To relieve a friend's worries without seeking any compensation, and to remember the help from friends in one's heart.

48. 羌笛何须怨杨柳，春风不度玉门关。

48. Why should the Qiang flute complain about the willow trees, when the spring breeze does not pass through the Yumen Pass?

49. 怒伤肝，思伤脾，忧伤肺，恐伤肾。

49. Anger harms the liver, worry harms the spleen, sadness harms the lungs, and fear harms the kidneys.

50. 朋友越老越好，美酒越老越香。

50. Friends get better with age, and fine wine becomes more fragrant with time.

51. 岁不寒无以知松柏，事不难无以知君子。

51. Without cold years, one cannot know the resilience of pine and cypress trees; without difficult times, one cannot know the virtue of a gentleman.

52. 伪装的朋友要比凶恶的敌人更坏。

52. Disguised friends are worse than fierce enemies.

53. 鹿鸣得食而相呼，伐木同声而求友。

53. The deer call out to each other when they find food, and the sound of chopping wood seeks companionship.

54. 交友的范围宜稍宽泛，各种人都有最好，不必限于自己同行同趣味的。

54. The scope of making friends should be relatively broad, including various types of people is best, and it is not necessary to be limited to those in the same industry or with the same interests.

55. 要想有朋友，自己必须先够朋友。

55. To have friends, one must first be a friend oneself.

56. 度尽劫波兄弟在，相逢一笑泯恩仇。

56. After enduring all hardships, brothers reunite; a smile erases all past grievances.

57. 在不幸中，有用的朋友更为必要；在幸运中，高尚的朋友更为必要。在不幸中，寻找朋友出于必需；在幸运中，寻找朋友出于高尚。

57. In times of misfortune, the presence of useful friends is even more necessary; in times of fortune, noble friends are even more necessary. In times of misfortune, seeking friends is driven by necessity; in times of fortune, seeking friends is driven by nobility.

58. 须知胜友真良约，莫作寻常旅聚看。

58. Remember, true friends have a sincere promise, do not treat casual gatherings as usual.

59. 两悔无不释之怨，两求无不合之交，两怒无不成之祸。

59. There is no resentment that cannot be resolved with two regrets, no friendship that cannot be mended with two requests, and no disaster that cannot be averted with two reconciliations.

60. 昔我往矣，杨柳依依。今我来思，雨雪霏霏。

60. When I went before, the willows were weeping. Now that I return, it is snowing and the rain is drizzling.

61. 酒逢知己千杯少，话不投机半句多。

61. When wine meets a friend, a thousand cups are not enough; when words do not match, even half a sentence is too much.

62. 君子先择而后交，小人先交而后择，故君子寡尤，小人多怨。

62. A gentleman chooses first and then makes friends, while a small person makes friends first and then chooses. Therefore, gentlemen have few faults, and small people have many grievances.

63. 无信之友，较之敌人尤为可恶。

63. A friend without faith is more hateful than an enemy.

64. 世间最美好的东西，莫过于有几个有头脑和心地都很正直的朋友。

64. The greatest thing in the world is to have a few friends with brains and a pure heart.

65. 我有清风高节在，知君不负岁寒交。

65. I have the breeze and high virtues within, knowing you will not fail me in the harsh winter friendship.

66. 我们结交朋友的方法，应该是给他人好处，而不是向他人索取，这种友谊最为可靠。

66. The way we make friends should be to do good to others rather than to seek from others, such friendship is the most reliable.

67. 二人同心，其利断金；同心之言，其香如兰。

67. When two are united in thought, their strength is as strong as iron; words spoken with one heart are sweet as the fragrance of orchids.

68. 月落乌啼霜满天，江枫渔火对愁眠。

68. The moon sets, the crows cry, frost fills the sky, and the fishing fire opposite the river and the willows keeps me awake with worry.

69. 势利的朋友，迟早会离你而去。

69. A friend who is snobbish will eventually leave you, sooner or later.

70. 以切磋之谊取友，则学问日精；以慎重之行利生，则道风日远。

70. Acquire friends through the spirit of mutual improvement, and your knowledge will become increasingly refined; pursue cautious actions for the benefit of others, and the moral influence of the Way will spread further.

71. 生日送空白死亡证明书一纸，结婚送空白离婚证明书两张，能这样送礼的，才真够朋友。

71. Giving a blank death certificate as a birthday gift and two blank divorce certificates as a wedding gift truly shows that someone is a good friend.

72. 与善人居，如入芝兰之室，久而自芳也；与恶人居，如入鲍鱼之肆，久而自臭也。

72. Living with the good is like entering a room filled with orchids, and after a while, one becomes fragrant naturally; living with the wicked is like entering a shop filled with stinky fish, and after a while, one becomes smelly naturally.

73. 老吾老，以及人之老。幼吾幼，以及人之幼。

73. Honor the aged among us, and extend that honor to the aged of others. Cherish the young among us, and extend that care to the young of others.

74. 想交朋友，就要先为别人做些事那些需要花时间体力体贴奉献才能做到的事。

74. If you want to make friends, you should first do something for others—things that require time, physical effort, empathy, and dedication.

75. 没有友谊，世界仿佛失去太阳。

75. Without friendship, the world seems to lose its sun.

76. 亲戚是不可选择的，而朋友却可以。

76. Relatives are unselectable, but friends can be chosen.

77. 单独一个人可能灭亡的地方，两个人在一起可能得救。

77. Where one person may perish alone, two together may find salvation.