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| Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. |
| Friend |
| A false friend is like a shadow on a dial; it appears in clear weather, but vanishes as soon as a cloud approaches. —Anonymous | 1 |
| A true friend is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost. —Anonymous | 2 |
| A real friend is somewhat like a ghost or apparition; much talked of, but rarely seen. —Charles N. Buck | 3 |
| The malyce of a friend, is like the sting of an Aspe, which nothing can remedie, for being pearced in the hande it must be cut off, and a friend thrust to the heart it must be pulled out. —John Lyly | 4 |
| But as all floures that are in one Nosegay, are not of one nature, nor all Rings that are worne vppon one hande, are not of one fashion: so all friendes that associate at bedde and at boord, are not one of disposition. —John Lyly | 5 |
| Friends are like melons: to find one good, you must a hundred try. —Claude Mermet | 6 |
| A friend both wise and true amid all shocks resplendent shines, like fire upon a rock’s high top, which dissipates the darkness round and fills the travellers by with joy profound. —Asian | 7 |
| A friend should be like money, tried before being required, not found faulty in our need. —Plutarch | 8 |
| A profitless friend is like a fleece without hair. —Osmanli Proverb | 9 |
| An untried friend is like an uncracked nut. —Russian Proverb | 10 |
| A new friend is as new wine; when it is old thou shalt drink it with pleasure. —Sirach | 11 |
| Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best. —John Webster | 12 |
| Friends, like mistresses, are avoided for obligations past. —William Wycherley | 13 |
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