The famous aphorisms about friends are as follows:

1. The sweet taste will eventually perish, but you still know at the end of the year that the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water. ——(Southern Song Dynasty) Xin Qiji

2. A gentleman will never make a bad sound when he is in constant communication with others. ——"Warring States Policy"

3. Keep a certain distance between friends to make friendship last forever. ——Charles

4. It is better to find a friend who praises you than to find a friend who criticizes you. ——"Contemporary Youth Talks about Life"

5. When people help me, never forget it; when I help others, never forget it. ——Hua Luogeng

6. Those who praise us behind our back are our good friends. ——(Western) Cervantes

7. In fact, everyone has advanced and backward friends. The question is how to help the backward friends and make them progress. Don’t follow them. Just go with the flow, this is the real "friend enough". ——Xie Juezai

8. Friendship was like a bright light in my past life, illuminating my soul and giving my life a little brilliance. ——Ba Jin

9. Three friends and four friends, eating, drinking and having fun, this is called "fair-weather friends". When friends get together, they don't talk about work, study, or politics, but only talk about personal interests and anger. Well, this is called "living in groups all day long and speaking without meaning". ——Xie Juezai

10. Friendship is always the assistant of virtue, not the assistant of sin. ——(Roman) Cicero

11. Foolish friends are worse than wise enemies. ——(India) Sakyamuni

12. If anyone wants to receive help in times of bad luck, he should be lenient to others on weekdays. ——(Persian) Saadi

13. Those who attribute friendship to interests, I think, have written off the most precious thing in friendship. ——(Roman) Cicero

14. Some people are complimentary to you, but they are not friends in times of need. ——(English) Shakespeare

15. Such an ungrateful person , falling into difficulties cannot be saved. ——(Greece) Aesop

16. Friendship is really the most sacred thing, not only worthy of special admiration, but worthy of eternal praise. ——(Italian) Boqiu Qiu

17. Villains who tend to follow the crowd should not be in trouble! ——(British) Byron

18. If you are smart, do not regard that person as a friend if he has a deep friendship with your enemy. ——(Persian) Saadi

19. Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. ——(Li) Kahlil Gibran

20. It is better to choose friends carefully and to discard them even more carefully. ——(US) Fulang Green