Friends are like fiddle strings; they must not be screwed too tight.
There are three faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
If you are a friend of the captain, you can wipe your hands on the sail.
Never tell your friends what your enemy may not hear.
Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you are.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. Proverbs 27:6
He that repeats a matter separates very friends. Proverbs 17:9
Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.
It's by following his friends that a crab lost its hiding place.
Old mistakes need more friends than new truths.
Before you make a friend, eat a pack of salt with him.
It is more disgraceful to suspect our friends than to be deceived by them.
One enemy is too much, and a hundred friends are not enough.
To get to know a friend, you must share an inheritance with him.
When you are in difficulty, go to the house of your friend -- not your sister's.
One may live without one's friends but not without one's pipe.
You have a lot of friends if you have money; otherwise there are only strangers.
Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him.
If you don't have a hundred rubles, make sure you have a hundred friends.
Sorrows are valuable treasures that you only show to your friends.
