Familiar paths and old friends are the best.

　　熟路好遵循，老朋友最可珍。

　　Friendship multiplies joys and divides griefs.

　　友情可以增加快乐，可以分摊忧虑。

　　A joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend.

　　开玩笑的总不可以祸福相依，反倒有时候会丧失朋友。

　　Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.

　　在私下要劝告你的朋友，在公共场合又夸奖你的朋友。

　　A friend is a second self.

　　朋友是另一个我。

　　One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible.

　　一生有一个朋友就可以了，有两个则过多，三个则难以存有。

　　A life without a friend is a life without a sun.

　　人的一生无朋友，宛如生活无日光。

　　A hedge between keeps friendship green.

　　有一道隔断墙会维持友情长青。

　　Life without a friend is death without a witness.

　　健在无朋友，去世后无见证人。

　　A true friend is known in the day of adversity.

　　疾风知劲草，患难见真情。

　　A friend in need is a friend indeed.

　　患难见真交。

　　A friend is never known till a man has need.

　　不上患难时，始终不可以了解真真正正的朋友。

　　A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.

　　远亲不如近邻。

　　Friendship the older it grows the stronger it is.

　　友谊地久天长。

　　A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both.

　　爸爸是资本，兄弟是宽慰，朋友兼而有之。