A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.

朋友是你能拥有的最好的东西之一，也是你能成为的最好的东西之一。

A friend is worth all hazards we can run.

朋友值得我们冒一切险。

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

可以说，朋友是另一个我。

A friend of mine described it this way: When they were born it was like a meteor landed in our house and blew everything apart. We had to just put all the pieces back.

我的一个朋友这样描述:当他们出生的时候，就像一颗流星落在我们的房子里，把一切都炸开了。我们必须把所有的碎片都放回去。

A friend of mine had this great theory about the Teletubbies, that it's preparing us for being mindless. And getting us ready for living in an underground world. That's why the scenery is so flat.

我的一个朋友有一个关于天线宝宝的伟大理论，那就是它让我们准备好不动脑筋。让我们为生活在地下世界做好准备。这就是为什么风景如此平坦的原因。

A friend of mine has a house with a basketball court and a pool. The guys go over and play basketball; I lie by the pool and nap in the sun. That defines me. That's consistent with who I am. I don't pretend to play basketball because I wanna feel like one of the guys. I wanna lie in the sun and relax.

我的一个朋友有一个带篮球场和游泳池的房子。男孩们过去打篮球;我躺在池塘边，在阳光下打盹。定义我。这和我是谁是一致的。我不想假装打篮球，因为我想让自己成为其中一员。我想躺在阳光下放松一下。

A friend of mine that I was in a band with started me on Kafka, which in turn led to Camus and Sartre.

和我一起参加乐队的一个朋友让我开始创作卡夫卡，后来又创作了加缪和萨特。

A friend of mine, that I had known for some time, came up one day with an old guitar. I don't know where he got it, I don't know how long he'd had it, but he knew about two chords on it. He proceeded to teach them to me, and then we proceeded to go crazy over music.

有一天，我的一个朋友拿着一把旧吉他出现了，我认识他已经有一段时间了。我不知道他从哪里弄来的，我不知道他有多久了，但他知道上面有两个和弦。他继续教我，然后我们开始为音乐疯狂。

A friend often says I'm an old man in a young man's husk. I like that. I am old-fashioned in some ways.

我的一个朋友常说我是一个穿着年轻人衣服的老人。我很喜欢这样。在某些方面我是守旧的。

A friend said to me, 'Be glad for your troubles - they strengthen you.' Well, if that's the truth, I'm going to be so strong they'll have to beat me to death!

一位朋友对我说:“为你的烦恼高兴吧——它们使你坚强。“好吧，如果这是真的，我要变得很强壮，他们会把我打死的!”

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.

朋友应该是这样的人:我们可以同样信任他的理解和美德，我们可以立即重视他的公正和真诚的意见。

A friend suggested that I get a job at a children's book store so I could meet kids and read books, and that turned out to be the single best bit of advice I've ever gotten.

一个朋友建议我在一家儿童书店找份工作，这样我就可以和孩子们见面，读书了，结果证明这是我得到的最好的建议。

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.

在紧要关头记不住一两件从未发生过的事的朋友和不知道如何忘记的朋友一样糟糕。

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?

远方的朋友有时比身边的朋友更亲密。这山岂不是比住在山上的人，更使人敬畏，看得更清楚吗?

A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.

至亲至爱的朋友迟早会像亲戚一样无用。