益友難得。
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 in need is a friend indeed.
患難朋友才是真朋友。
A friend is a second self.
朋友是另壹個我。
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
樂觀的人在災難中看到希望；悲觀的人在希望中看到災難。
Cry up wine and sell vinegar.同室不操戈。
Forget others' faults by remembering your own.
想想自己的錯，就會忘卻別人的過。
Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom.
交往過密過疏，都會失去朋友。
Govern your thoughts when alone, and your tongue when in company.
壹人獨處慎於思，與人相處慎於言。
If the counsel be good no matter who gave it.
只要忠告中肯，誰提都行。
I know him not should I meet him in my pottage dish.
酒肉之交非朋友。
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，背後贊揚他，需要時幫助他。
We can live without our friends, but not without our neighbours.
生活可無友，鄰居不能無。
We should never remember the benefit we have offered nor forget the favour received.
施惠莫記，受恩莫忘。
We should push our work, the work should not push us.
我們要推動工作，不要讓工作推動我們。
Whatever you do, do with your might; Things done by halves are never done right.
不論做什麼事要盡力去搞；事情做得不徹底，就不能算好。
Without a friend the world is a wilderness.
沒有朋友，世界就等於壹片荒野。
Without method, little can be done to any good purpose.
不講究方法，辦事就沒有成效。