Famous aphorisms for making friends

1. Snobbish friends will leave you sooner or later.

2. Those who are close to you are red, and those who are close to ink are black.

3. People who tend to be inflammatory and follow power should not be involved in trouble.

4. Where one person may perish alone, two people together may be saved.

5. Don’t make close friends with smooth people.

6. When two people are of the same mind, their sharpness can break through metal; when two people are of the same mind, their fragrance is like orchids.

7. When you meet a close friend, a thousand cups of wine is too little, and a half-sentence of words without speculation is more than enough.

8. If you are a person of three, you must have a teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and choose the bad ones and change them.

9. The scope of making friends should be slightly wider. All kinds of people have the best, and it does not need to be limited to those of your own peers and the same interests.

10. If friendship is once destroyed, even love cannot restore it.

11. Don’t forget the acquaintances of the poor and the humble, and the wife of the chaff will not leave the court.

12. It is always a beautiful thing to miss a lover for the sake of morality.

13. The way we make friends should be to give benefits to others instead of asking for them. This kind of friendship is the most reliable.

14. Treat everyone equally, treat a few people with all your heart, and do not be indebted to anyone.

15. People who are surrounded by good friends are much happier than those who are surrounded by enemies.

16. Those who are united in kindness and virtue are called knowing oneself; those who are united in heart and heart are called knowing one's heart.

17. Those who enjoy happiness with others will worry about their worries. He who lives with others will be saved from danger.

18. The wisest people often pretend to be fools.

19. You respect me a foot, and I respect you a foot. Only in this way can the friendship become deeper and deeper and last forever.

20. The most important thing for people to know each other is knowing their hearts.

21. Relatives are given to us by God, and friends are chosen by ourselves.

22. If your friends don’t believe it, the deal will be a no-go.

23. Choosing friends is like panning for gold, and you will find nothing in the sand.

24. Untrustworthy friends are more hateful than enemies.

25. Friendship is closely related to a person’s talent, experience and age, so you should choose your friends carefully.

26. In times of joy, our friends will know us; in times of adversity, we will know our friends.

27. Virtue is never alone, but must follow its neighbors.

28. Those who can please me will be able to harm me, so we should be careful to guard against them; those who are willing to discipline me will be willing to help, so we should listen attentively to them.

29. If you are generous to yourself but do not blame others, you will be far away from resentment.

30. People who become friends with you because it is profitable will also break up with you because they are profitable.

31. When you see the virtuous, think about them, and when you see the virtuous, you should reflect on yourself.

32. Birds of a feather flock together, and people flock together.

33. In addition to the concept of disinterest, mutual respect seems to be another key point of friendship.

34. How many people can you count on your fingers in your life?

35. Be loyal in words and respectful in deeds, even in a barbaric country. If you are not faithful in words and respectful in deeds, how can you do it even if you live in the state?

36. Relieve friends’ worries without expecting any reward, and keep them in mind when they help you.

37. Real friends will help when they are in trouble, false friends will cry out when they are in trouble.

38. Our friends understand us when we are lucky, and we understand our friends when we are in adversity.

39. True friendship is never calm.

40. Loyalty is the bridge of friendship, and deception is the traitor of friendship.

41. If a scholar has jealous friends, good friends will not be close to him; if the king hinders his ministers, then good ministers will not come to him.

42. The best thing about life is that when you stop living, you can still serve the people with everything you created.

43. The most beautiful thing in the world is to have a few friends with upright minds and hearts.

44. Friends are the second self.

45. You may forget the person who laughed with you, but you will never forget the person who cried with you.

46. No matter how many friends you have, one person can defeat a hundred; no matter how long you have friends, one day can defeat an eternity.

47. Don’t do good deeds because they are small, and don’t do evil because they are small.

48. Do to others what you do not want others to do.

49. Pretended friends are worse than vicious enemies.

50. Knowing one person is enough for a lifetime.

51. People who have no friends or enemies are just ordinary people.

52. If you make friends sincerely, you should forget your friends’ faults.

53. You may forget the person who laughed with you; but you will never forget the person who cried with you.

54. Don’t worry about the road ahead. No one in the world knows you.

55. Making friends with wine is just like wine, it only lasts one night.

56. The water in Peach Blossom Pond is a thousand feet deep, not as deep as Wang Lun’s love for me.

57. He is a friend to everyone, but a friend to no one.

58. Wealth is not a permanent friend, but friends are permanent wealth.

59. The best friend is the kind of person who doesn’t like to talk too much, who can talk to you silently and connect with you closely.

60. Observe words and colors, measure your ability.

61. Be respectful in your place, respectful in your work, and loyal to others.

62. Confidants treat each other sincerely.

63. The element of true friendship is to be considerate of other people’s small faults.

64. The bonds of friendship may be tightened due to emotional excitement, but they must never be broken.

65. When a man acts, he will act according to right and wrong, regardless of profit or loss; whether he is good or bad, regardless of success or failure; whether he will act for eternity or a lifetime.

66. Believe in yourself first, and then others will believe in you and me.

67. High mountains and flowing water cannot be heard unless you have close friends.

68. Reward those who have known you with your ambition.

69. The brothers are here to survive all the tribulations. When they meet, they will smile and forget their grudges.

70. Those who employ people should take advantage of their strengths and avoid their weaknesses.

71. A person who behaves in his own way is shameful and can be used in all directions without dishonoring the emperor’s order. He can be called a scholar.

72. When people help me, I will never forget it; when I help others, I won’t forget it.

73. If you want to have friends, you must first have enough friends.

74. Real and lasting love must be established with respect.

75. Over-understanding or over-understanding also hinders the approach to each other.

76. The best way to maintain friendship is not to do anything to him, and not to lend him money.

77. Mountains and rivers are not important, but meeting a close friend is important.

78. There are close friends in the sea, and they are as close to each other as far as the end of the world.

79. A gentleman should be careful in his choices, and should not be with poisonous beasts.

80. A gentleman is respectful and courteous to others. He is a brother in the world.

81. The most valuable thing in life is to know oneself, and to meet flesh and blood relatives from all over the world.

82. Friendship cannot be begged, and those who always look down upon you cannot be regarded as friends.

83. A good friend never forgets to fulfill his obligations.

84. Without friendship, the world seems to have lost the sun.

85. Those who can use others are invincible in the world.

86. The older your friends are, the better, and the older your wine is, the better it tastes.

87. Be light first and then be strong, be distant first and then get close, first be far away and then be close, this is the way to make friends.

88. If you want to make friends, you must first do something for others—things that require time, energy, thoughtfulness, and dedication.

89. A kind heart is the best law.

90. Since I cannot find a friend who is completely devoted to me, I must have friends who can overcome my laziness with their driving force.

91. Poverty can test the authenticity of friends.

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