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Blessed is the man who has friends, but woe to him who needs them. — Czech
Build a fence even between intimate friends. — Japanese
Choose your friends like your books, few but choice. — English
Conceal not your secret from your friend, or you deserve to lose him. — Portuguese
Correct your friend secretly and praise him publicly. — Czech
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Disclose not your defects even to a friend. — Indian (Tamil)
Distance promotes close friendship. — Indian (Tamil)
Distrust is poison to friendship. — Danish
Drinking kindness is drunken friendship. — English
During the dry season it is better to befriend the owner of the pirogue. — Ugandan
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Eat and drink with a friend, but have no business transaction with him. — Turkish
Even if you become the enemy of a good man, don't become the friend of a bad man. — Japanese
Even reckoning makes long friends. — English
Every rose has a thorn as its friend. — Iranian (Pashto)
Everybody's companion is nobody's friend. — German
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Everybody's friend, everybody's fool. — German
Everybody's friend, nobody's friend. — Italian
Everybody's friend and nobody's friend is all one. — Spanish
Fall not out with a friend for a trifle. — English
Feasting makes no friendship. — English
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For a friend seven versts do not make a detour. — Russian
Friend to everybody, true to nobody. — Czech
Friends may meet but mountains never. — English
Friends and mules fail in the time of need. — Indian (Hindi)
Friends should have a high wall between them. — Chinese
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