All the splendor 1 in the world is not worth a good friend .(Voltaire ,

French thinker) 人世間所有的榮華富貴不如一個好朋友。 (法國思想家 伏爾泰)

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。

A friend without faults will never be found. 沒有缺點的朋友是永遠找不到的。

A joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend. 開玩笑總不能化敵為友，反而有時會失去朋友。

Better lose a jest than a friend. 寧可不說一句俏皮話，以免得罪朋友們。

Choose an author as you choose a friend. 選書如擇友。

He that has a full purse never wants a friend. 只要袋里有，不愁沒朋友。

Life without a friend is death without a witness. 在世無朋友，死后無證人。

Thy friend has a friend and thy friend's friend has a friend so be discreet. 你的朋友有朋友，朋友的朋友又有朋友，所以要謹慎小心。

To preserve a friend three things are required: to honour him present, praise him absent, and assist him in his necessities. 維持友誼需要三點∶當面尊重他，背后贊揚他，需要時幫助他。

Trust not the praise of a friend, nor the contempt of an enemy. 不要信賴朋友的贊揚，也不要仇敵的輕蔑放在心上。

We can live without a brother, but not without a friend. 我們生活中可以沒有兄弟，但不能沒有朋友。