A good friend is my nearest relation.

好友即至亲。

A near friend is better than a fardwelling kinsman.

近友胜远亲。

A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.

和任何人都认朋友，结果和任何人都交不成朋友；友多无好友。

In time of prosperity,friends will be plenty.

走运时候朋友多。

It is good to have friends in trouble.

在患难中能有朋友是好事。

Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them.

富裕招致朋友，困苦考验朋友。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难时的朋友才是真正的朋友。

Poverty tries friends.

贫穷考验朋友；人贫见友情。

Try your friend ere you trust him.

对朋友要先考验，后信任。

Prove thy friend ere thou have need.

在你需要朋友帮助前，先要考验他们。

A friend is never known till a man have need.

不到困窘时，永难识真友。

A faithful friend is hard to find.

忠实朋友实难求。

Friends are like fiddle-strings,they must not be screwed too tight.

朋友有如琴弦，不能上的太紧。

Have but few frieds,though many acquaintances.

结交可以多，朋友应宜少。

All are not friends that speak us fair.

向我们说好话的并不都是好朋友。

He that hath a full purse never wanted a friend.

金钱满袋，朋友盈门；钱袋装得饱，朋友不会少。

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

朝中有友，胜如囊中有钱。

It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.

天堂上和地狱中都有几个朋友，这乃是一件好事。

We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.

指望朋友无缺点，永远休想交朋友。

A friend without faults will never be found.

没有缺点的朋友永不可得。

A man without a friend is only half a man.

无友的人只能算半个人。

A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.

失友快，交友慢。

Friendship cannot stand always on one side.

友谊不能总是在一方。

Old acquaintance will soon be remembered.

故人一见便相亲。

He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.

背后称我好，才算好朋友。

Friends (the best of friends) must part.

好友终有分手时。

A friend is best found in adversity.

患难见真交。

I will be thy friend,but not thy vices' friend.

我愿意做你的朋友，但不做你那些恶习的朋友。

False friends are worse than open enemies.

假朋友比真敌人更坏。

Short acquaintance brings repentance.

浅交致后悔。

He that lies down (sleeps) with dogs must rise up with fleas.

与恶人交终会变恶；近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

Better be alone than in bad company.

交损友不如无友。

Write down the advice of him who loves you,though you like it not at present.

爱你的人的忠告，即使你当时并不喜欢，也得把它记下。

Hunger knows no friend.

饥饿不认朋友。

Misery makes strange bedfellows.

难中不择友。

One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.

一个敌人为害，胜过十个朋友行好。

An enemy's mouth seldom speaks well.

敌人嘴里无好话。

Believe no tales from the enemy.

敌人之言不可信。

One enemy is too much.

一个敌人已太多。

Mickle power makes many enemies.

权高树敌多。

Do not despise your enemy.

不可轻敌。