The famous poems and aphorisms about making friends are as follows:
1. People with extroverted personality tend to get many friends, but there are always few real friends. Introverts are lonely. Once they get friends, , is often true. People who become friends with you because it is profitable will also break up with you because they are profitable.
2. Although the friendship between loyal friends is sincere, it is always lost too quickly. Those who use power to make friends will be defeated; those who use benefits to make friends will be scattered.
3. It is important to know that you have a true good appointment with your friend, and do not go to see it in an ordinary way. If you want to make friends, you must first do things for others—things that require time, physical effort, thoughtfulness, and dedication.
4. Be light first and then strong, be distant first and then get close, first be far away and then be close, this is the way to make friends. I have the cool breeze and high morale, and I know that you will live up to the cold weather.
5. People with extroverted personality tend to get many friends, but there are always few real friends. Introverts are lonely. Once they get friends, they are often real. If the age is not cold, there is no way to know the pines and cypresses; if things are not difficult, there is no way to know the gentleman.
6. I believe that it is better to have a long-term friendship with you. I will give you a blank death certificate for your birthday, and two blank divorce certificates for your wedding. Only those who can give gifts like this are really good friends.
7. If a person does not make new friends throughout his life, he will soon find himself alone. Relatives are not optional, but friends are.
8. Don’t forget the acquaintances of the poor and the lowly, and the wife of the poor will not leave the court. When friends have misunderstandings, they should exchange views frankly and not slander behind their backs; when they make mistakes, they should be warned face to face, and behind their backs, their merits should be praised.
9. If your friends don’t believe it, the transaction will be rejected. Those who can flatter me will be able to harm me, so I should be careful to guard against them; those who are willing to discipline me will be willing to help me, so I should listen attentively to them.
10. The deer calls to each other for food, and the felling trees call for friends. Two regrets will always lead to resentment, two pursuits will always lead to friendship, and two angers will lead to disaster.
11. The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water; the friendship between villains is as sweet as wine. Gentlemen and gentlemen are friends who share the same path; villains and villains are friends who share the same interests.
12. A gentleman chooses first and then makes friends, while a villain first makes friends and then chooses. Therefore, a gentleman is rare and a villain has many complaints. The scope of making friends should be slightly wider. There are best people of all kinds, and it does not need to be limited to those of your own peers and the same interests.
13. If you love a woman, you should love her dog. So, if you truly make friends, you should forget your friends’ faults.
14. A guest who agrees with you will never tire of coming, and a close friend will listen to you for a long time. Living with good people is like entering a house of orchids, which will smell fragrant for a long time; living with evil people is like entering a house of abalones, which will smell bad for a long time.
15. The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water. Those who use power to make friends will be defeated; those who use benefits to make friends will be scattered.