1. 贫穷考验朋友。

1. Poverty tests the friendship.

2. 宴笑友朋多，患难知交寡。

2. There are many friends in joy and laughter, but few close companions in times of trouble.

3. 投我以桃，报之以李。

3. You offer me a peach, and I repay you with a plum.

4. 友谊是一个神圣而又古老的名字。

4. Friendship is a sacred and ancient name.

5. 树直用处多，人直朋友多。

5. Trees are useful for many things, and honest people have many friends.

6. 兄弟可能不是朋友，但朋友常常如兄弟。

6. Brothers may not be friends, but friends are often like brothers.

7. 选择朋友要审慎，摒弃更要审又慎。

7. Choose friends carefully, and discard them with even greater caution.

8. 朋友间必须是患难相济，那才能说得上是真正的友谊。

8. True friendship must be tested in times of adversity; only then can it be called genuine.

9. 没有朋友，世界就等於一片荒野。?>

9. Without friends, the world is just a wilderness.

10. 交友慢，失友快。

10. Making friends is slow, losing friends is fast.

11. 己所不欲，勿施与人。

11. Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.

12. 岁寒知松柏；患难见交情。

12. The severity of winter reveals the strength of pine and cypress trees; adversity tests the depth of friendship.

13. 良言一句三冬暖，恶语伤人六月寒。

13. A kind word can warm a person for three winters, while harsh words can chill a person in the heat of June.

14. 朋友之间不分彼此。

14. Friends are not divided from each other.

15. 守道不封己；择交如求师。

15. Adhere to the Way without sealing oneself off; choose companions as one would seek a teacher.

16. 谁要求没有缺点的朋友，谁就没有朋友！

16. Who asks for a friend without faults, has no friend!

17. 父亲是财富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之。

17. A father is wealth, a brother is comfort, and a friend is both.

18. 真实的十分理智的友谊是人生最美好的无价之宝。

18. A truly sensible friendship is the most precious and invaluable treasure in life.

19. 人生没有朋友，犹如生活没有了太阳。

19. Life without friends is like living without the sun.

20. 囊中有钱，不如朝中有友。

20. It's better to have friends in high places than money in a purse.

21. 顺利时结交朋友，逆境中考验朋友。

21. Make friends when things are going well, and test friends when facing adversity.

22. 朋友乃第二个自我。

22. A friend is the second self.

23. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

23. "Those who keep company with the red will turn red, and those who keep company with the black will turn black."

24. 朋友永远第一，朋友的事永远最紧要。

24. Friends always come first, and their matters are always the most urgent.

25. 开玩笑总不能化敌为友，反而有时会失去朋友。

25. Making jokes cannot always turn enemies into friends; sometimes it may even lead to losing friends.

26. 友谊之光像磷火，当四周漆黑之际最为显露。

26. The light of friendship is like a glowing phosphorus, most prominent in the midst of surrounding darkness.

27. 朋友易失不易得。

27. Friends are easy to lose but hard to gain.

28. 海内存知己，天涯若比临。

28. A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.

29. 好友即至亲。

29. A friend is as close as a relative.

30. 人生在世无朋友，犹如生活无太阳。

30. To live in this world without friends is like living without the sun.

31. 精诚所至，金石为开。

31. Where there is a will, there is a way.

32. 选书如择友。

32. Choosing books is like choosing friends.

33. 新结同心香未落；长守山盟情永鲜。

33. The newly bound incense has not yet fallen; the enduring love of the mountain oath remains ever fresh.

34. 找到朋友的唯一办法是自己成为别人的朋友。

34. The only way to find friends is to become a friend to others yourself.

35. 海内存知己，天涯若比邻。

35. A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.

36. 与朋友交，言而有信。

36. When interacting with friends, be sincere and keep your word.