set great store by friendship.
情意重千斤。
between friends all is common.
朋友之间不分彼此。
old friends and old wine are best.
陈酒味醇, 老友情深。
the friendship of a gentleman is insipid as water.
君子之交淡如水。
a bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.
海内存知己, 天涯若比邻。
most men's friendships are too inarticulate.
人的友谊是无法言喻的。
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。
a good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
好书如挚友, 情谊永不渝。
a man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.
路遥知马力, 日久见人心。
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。
the smell of coin is often the knell of friendship.
铜臭味浓往往是友谊的不祥之兆。
the true friendship seeks to give, not take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered unto.
真正的友谊追求的是给予, 而不是索取; 是帮助别人, 而不是被人帮助; 是为人服务, 而不是被人服务。
to prepare a friend, three things are required: to honor him present, praise him absent, and assist him in his necessities.
维护朋友, 有三件事情要做到：当面要尊重他, 不在场时要表扬他, 苦难时要帮助他。
choose thy friends like thy books, few but choice.
选择朋友要像选书那样, 数量要少, 但质量要精。
my friend is not perfect—nor am i—and so we suit each other admirably.
朋友不会十全十美，你自己也一样，双方要互相尊敬。
for a congenial friend a thousand toasts are too few; in a disagreeable conversation one word more is too many.
酒逢知己千杯少，话不投机半句多。