Old friends and old wines are best.
［译］陈酒味醇，老友情深。
Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
［译］老柴最好烧，陈酒最好饮，老友最可靠，老作家的书最好读。
On the choice of friends, our good or evil name depends.
［译］朋友的选择可影响名誉的好坏。
One flower makes no garland.
［注解］比喻一木不能成林。
［译］一朵鲜花扎不成花环。
One foe is too many; and a hundred friends too few.
［注解］foe敌人。此谚语源于德国。
［译］朋友成百犹觉少，仇敌一人已嫌多。
Our best friends are they who tell us our faults and help us to mend them.
［译］最好的朋友是指出我们的缺点并帮助改正的人。