what is a friend? a single soul dwelling in two bodies.
--aristotle
什么是朋友？两人同心。
--亚里士多德
a friend is, as it were, a second self.
--cicero
一个朋友是另一个自我。
--西塞罗
this communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects, for it redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in half.
--francis bacon
朋友之间交往产生的结果是：一份快乐两人分享，能变成双份快乐；一份痛苦二人分担，只剩下一半痛苦。
--培根
a friend in need is a friend indeed.
--john ray
患难识知己。
--雷伊
in prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.
--john churton collins
昌盛时，我们的朋友认识我们；逆境时，我们认识我们的朋友。
--科林斯
a faithful friend is beyond price, and there is no weighing of his goodness.
忠实的朋友如无价之宝，他的好处无法估量。
a friend is a person with whom you dare to be yourself.
朋友是你敢于和他坦然相处的人。
*称颂友谊
friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.
--john evelyn
友谊是把全世界所有的心连在一起的一根金线。
--约翰·伊夫林
what though youth gave love and roses, age still leaves us friends and wine.
--thomas moore
青春赋予我们爱情和玫瑰，年岁带给我们朋友和美酒。
--穆尔
true friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.
--charles colton
真正的友谊犹如人体的健康，只有当已失去时才会意识到它的价值。
--科尔顿
true friendship foresees the need of others rather than proclaims its own.
--andre maurois
真正的友谊能预见别人的需要，而不是宣称自己的需要。
--莫洛亚
two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.
--jean de la bruyere
如果两个人对于彼此的小缺点不能原谅，友谊便不能持久。
--拉布吕耶尔
though time may change so many things, the happiness that friendship brings is never changed.
尽管岁月使万物变迁，但友谊带给我们的快乐永远不会变。
friendship is love with understanding.
友谊是基于理解的爱。
without confidence there is no friendship.
友谊源于信任。