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

2. Those who use money to make friends will lose their friendship when all their wealth is gone; those who use sex to make friends will lose their beauty and love you.

3. A gentleman in ancient times would never make a bad sound in a relationship.

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

5. Only by knowing each other can we not doubt each other; only by not being suspicious can we know each other.

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

7. Once a teacher, always a friend.

8. A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain is always worried.

9. 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.

10. Friendship is two hearts treating each other sincerely, rather than one heart beating another heart.

11. If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools.

12. Such ungrateful people cannot be saved if they are in trouble.

13. If you fail to understand the other party’s details, you must not reveal your heart.

14. Those who nourish themselves well will die, those who worry about things will die half of the time, and those who use them in vain will die young.

15. A person who does not even have a noble friend is not worth living.

16. Hypocritical friends often bow their heads when things happen.

17. Sages are the forerunners of thoughts; friends are the hope of the soul.

18. There are great scholars when talking and laughing, but there are no idle people when coming and going.

19. One cannot be judged as a gentleman by a moment of praise, nor can one be judged as a villain by a moment of slander.

20. People who make temporary acquaintances cannot be regarded as friends.