In time of prosperity, friends will be plenty; in time of adversity, not one amongst twenty. 
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Like to like.
- Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
- Out of sight, out of mind.
- A friend in need is a friend indeed.
- Love will find out the way.
- Love me, love my dog.
- There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.
- Good fences make good neighbours.
- A friend in the market is better than money in the chest.
- He gives twice who gives quickly.
- Lend your money and lose your friend.
- Old love will not be forgotten.
- Love and a cough cannot be hid.
- Dog does not eat dog.
- Look not a gift horse in the mouth.
- A burden of one's own choice is not felt.
- Old friends are better than new ones.
- Love cannot be compelled.
- There is honour among thieves.
- Every cook praises his own broth.
- He that has a full purse never wanted a friend.
- Hawks will not pick out hawks' eyes.
- Even reckoning makes long friends.
- Fair is not fair, but that which pleaseth.
- All one's geese are swans.
- Friends may meet, but mountains never greet.
- The bird loves her nest.
- Small gifts keep friendship alive.
- Weight and measure take away strife.
- Lovers' tiffs are harmless.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in the same language
English
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Rich folk have many friends.
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Riches make many friends.
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Everyone is akin to the rich man.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Fervet Olla, vivit amicitia.
The pot is boiling, friendship is alive.
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Copia nummorum trahit ad se corda virorum.
An abundance of money attracts the hearts of men.
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Res amicos inveniet.
Things will find friends.
French
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Pauvre homme n'a point d'amis.
Poor man has no friends.
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Rien ne fait les amis comme la bonne chère.
Nothing makes friends like good food.
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Pauvreté n'a point de parenté.
Poverty has no kinship.
German
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Wer Geld hat, der hat auch Freunde.
Those who have money also have friends.
Czech
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Přátel u boháčů jako plev okolo zrní.
Friends of the rich are like chaff around the grain.
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Kdo má koláč, najde i družbu.
He who has the pie will find the companionship.
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Pokud měšce, potud přítele.
If the purse, then the friend.