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。