1. A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn. 路遥知马力, 日久见人心。

2. 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。

3. Set great store by friendship. 情意重千斤。

4. The friendship of a gentleman is insipid as water. 君子之交淡如水。

5. Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. 患难见真情。

6. Old friends and old wine are best. 陈酒味醇, 老友情深。

7. A friend without faults will never be found. 没有十全十美的朋友。

8. 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。

9. A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near. 海内存知己, 天涯若比邻。

10. Most mens friendships are too inarticulate. 人的友谊是无法言喻的。

11. A friend is never known till a man has need. 需要之时方知友。

12. A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 好书如挚友, 情谊永不渝。

13. Between friends all is common. 朋友之间不分彼此。

14. Life without a friend is death. 没有朋友, 虽生犹死。

15. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。

16. A friend is easier lost than found 得朋友难, 失朋友易。

17. Old friends and old wines are best. 陈酒味醇, 老友情深。

18. He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs. 背后说好话, 才是真朋友。

19. 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。