1.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。

2.Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.

书籍如朋友,应该少而精。

3.Friendship multiplies joys and divides griefs.

友谊可以增添欢乐,可以分担忧愁。

4.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。

5.We can live without our friends, but not without our neighbours.

生活可无友,邻居不能无。

6.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。

7.Friend ship remain and never can end.

友谊永固。

8.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。

9.Trust not the praise of a friend, nor the contempt of an enemy. 

不要信赖朋友的赞扬,也不要仇敌的轻蔑放在心上

10. Be slow in choosing a friend; slower in changing.

选择朋友要审慎,摒弃更要审又慎。