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

　　人生在世無朋友，猶如生活無太陽。

　　Be slow in choosing a friend; slower in changing.

　　選擇朋友要審慎，摒棄更要審又慎。

　　A friend in need is a friend indeed.

　　患難見真交。

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

　　父親是財富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之。

　　A friend exaggerates a man's virtue, an enemy his crimes.

　　朋友宣揚人的美德，敵人夸大人的罪過。

　　A friend in court is better than a penny in purse.

　　囊中有錢，不如朝中有友。

　　A friend is a second self.

　　朋友是另一個我。

　　A friend is best found in adversity.

　　患難見真友。

　　A friend is never known till a man has need.

　　不到患難時，永遠不能認識真正的朋友。

　　A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.

　　交友慢，失友快。

　　A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.

　　廣交友，無深交。