有誌者，事竟成。
Well begun is half done.
好的開端是成功的壹半。
East, west, home is best.
金窩、銀窩，不如自己的草窩。
There is no royal road to learning.
學無坦途。
Look before you leap. First think, then act.
三思而後行。
It is never too late to mend.
亡羊補牢，猶為未晚。
Light come, light go.
來得容易，去得快。
Time is money.
時間就是金錢。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患難見真交。
Great hopes make great man.
遠大的希望，造就偉大的人物。
After a storm comes a calm.
雨過天晴。
All roads lead to Rome.
條條大路通羅馬。
Art is long, but life is short.
人生有限，學問無涯。
Stick to it, and you‘ll succeed.
只要人有恒，萬事都能成。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
早睡早起，富裕、聰明、身體好。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良藥苦口。
It is good to learn at another man‘s cost.
前車之鑒。
Keeping is harder than winning.
創業不易，守業更難。
Let‘s cross the bridge when we come to it.
船到橋頭自然直。
More haste, less speed.
欲速則不達。
No pains, no gains.
不勞則無獲。
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上無難事，只要肯登攀。
Where there is life, there is hope.
生命不息，希望常在。
An idle youth, a needy age.
少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
We must not lie down, and cry, "God help us."
求神不如求己。
A plant may produce new flowers; man is young but once.
花有重開日，人無再少年。
God helps those who help themselves.
自助者，天助之。
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
明日待明日，明日不再來。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只工作，不玩耍，聰明孩子也變傻。
Diligence is the mother of success.
勤奮是成功之母。
Truth is the daughter of time.
時間見真理。
Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.
積少自然成多。
No man is wise at all times.
智者千慮，必有壹失。
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
今天能做的事絕不要拖到明天。
Live and learn.
活到老，學到老。
Kill two birds with one stone.
壹石雙鳥。
It never rains but it pours.
禍不單行。
In doing we learn.
經壹事，長壹智。
Easier said than done.
說起來容易做起來難。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
壹分預防勝似十分治療。
Industry is fortune‘s right hand, and frugality her left.
勤勉是幸運的右手，節約是幸運的左手。
Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.
天才壹分來自靈感，九十九分來自勤奮。
He who laughs last laughs best.
誰笑在最後，誰笑得最好。
He who pays the piper, calls the tune.
誰負擔費用，誰加以控制。
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
身體健壯就有希望，有了希望就有了壹切。
No man is born wise or learned.
人非生而知之。
Action speak louder than words.
事實勝於雄辯。
Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.
勇敢和堅決是美德的靈魂。
United we stand, divided we fall.
合即立，分即垮。
There is no smoke without fire.
無風不起浪。
Many hands make light work.
人多好辦事。
Reading makes a full man.
讀書長見識。
The best horse needs breeding, and the aptest child needs teaching.
最好的馬要馴，最伶俐的孩子要教。
Learn young, learn fair.
學習趁年輕，學就要學好。
Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
胸中有知識，勝於手中有金錢。
Once bitten, twice shy.
壹次被咬，下次膽小。
Sound in body, sound in mind.
有健全的身體才有健全的精神。
Seeing is believing.
百聞不如壹見。
Dogs wave their tails not so much in, love to you as your bread.
狗搖尾巴，愛的是妳的面包。
Money is a good servant but a bad master.
要做金錢的主人，莫作金錢的奴隸。
It‘s hard sailing when there is no wind.
無風難駛船。
The path to glory is always rugged.
通向光榮的道路常常是崎嶇的。
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
沒有目標的生活如同沒有羅盤的航行。
Quality matters more than quantity.
質重於量。
The on-looker sees most of the game.
旁觀者清。
Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it .
為了求知識，代價雖高也值得。
Joys shared with others are more enjoyed.
與眾同樂，其樂更樂。
Happiness takes no account of time.
歡樂不覺日子長。
Time and tide waits for no man.
歲月不等人。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
若要求知，必須刻苦。
Learn to walk before you run.
循序漸進。
Knowing something of everything, and everything of something.
通百藝而專壹長。
From words to deeds is a great space.
言行之間，大有距離。
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
技能和信心是無敵的軍隊。
Habit is a second nature.
習慣成自然。
Lifeless, faultless.
只有死人才不會犯錯誤。
A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.
好書千載常如新。
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.
讀書如擇友，宜少且宜精。
A book that remains shut is but a block.
書本不常翻，猶如壹塊磚。
It‘s not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.
君子在德不在衣。
Two heads are better than one.
三個臭皮匠頂個諸葛亮。
Birth is much, but breeding is more.
出身重要，教養更重要。
Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.
世上無難事，只怕有心人。
You can‘t make something out of nothing.
巧婦難為無米之炊。
Nothing venture, nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Nothing for nothing.
不費力氣，壹無所得。
Of nothing comes nothing.
無中不能生有。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
不犯錯誤者壹事無成。
Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.
話不中肯，不如不說。
Nothing succeeds like success.
壹事如意，萬事順利。
Nothing stake, nothing draw.
不頂千裏浪，哪來萬斤魚。
Nothing is as good as it seems beforehand.
期待比現實更美好。
Nothing is given so freely as advice.
勸人最容易。
Nothing is so certain as the unexpected.
天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福。
Nothing seek, nothing find.
無所求則無所獲。
A little of every thing is nothing in the main.
每事淺嘗輒止，事事都告無成。
A great ship asks deep waters.
大船要走深水。（蛟龍要在海中遊。）
The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.
節食博士、精心博士、快樂博士，三人都是最好的醫生。
He that once deceives is ever suspected.
騙人壹次，受疑壹世。
Empty wagons rattle loudest.
空車響聲大。
害人害己。
Hasty love, soon cold.
壹見鐘情難維久。
Health is better than wealth.
健康勝過財富。
Health is happiness.
健康就是幸福。
Hear all parties.
兼聽則明。
Heaven never helps the man who will not act.
自己不動，叫天何用。
He is a fool that forgets himself.
愚者忘乎所以。
He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.
背後說好話，才是真朋友。
He is a wise man who speaks little.
聰明不是掛在嘴上。
He is lifeless that is faultless.
只有死人才不犯錯誤。
He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.
正人先正己。
He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.
自嘲者不會讓人見笑。
He is wise that is honest.
誠實者最明智。
He knows most who speaks least.
大智若愚。
He laughs best who laughs last.
誰笑到最後，誰笑得最好。
He sets the fox to keep the geese.
引狼入室。
He that climbs high falls heavily.
爬得越高，摔得越重。
He that will not work shall not eat.
不勞動者不得食。
He who does not advance loses ground.
逆水行舟，不進則退。
He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.
經常訴苦，沒人同情。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
想不犯錯誤，就壹事無成。
He who risks nothing gains nothing.
收獲與風險並存。
History repeats itself.
歷史往往重演。
Honesty is the best policy.
做人誠信為本。
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
抱最好的願望，做最壞的打算。
I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.
朋友不能阿諛奉承。
If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on
me.
上當壹回頭，再多就可恥。
If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you.
人善被人欺，馬善被人騎。
If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.
耳朵發燒，有人念叨。
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
腳踏兩條船，必定落空。
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.
殺雞取卵。
If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
要想求知，就得吃苦。
Industry is the parent of success.
勤奮是成功之母。
It is better to die when life is a disgrace.
寧為玉碎，不為瓦全。
It is easier to get money than to keep it.
掙錢容易攢錢難。
It is easy to be wise after the event.
事後諸葛亮好當。
It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.
創業容易守業難。
It is hard to please all.
眾口難調。
It is never too old to learn.
活到老，學到老。
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水難收。
It is the first step that costs troublesome.
萬事開頭難。
It is the unforeseen that always happens.
天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福。
It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.
坐失良機，後悔已遲。
It never rains but it pours.
不鳴則已，壹鳴驚人。
It takes three generations to make a gentleman.
十年樹木，百年樹人。
Jack of all trades and master of none.
門門精通，樣樣稀松。
Judge not from appearances.
人不可貌相，海不可鬥量。
Justice has long arms.
天網恢恢，疏而不漏。
Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
Kill two birds with one stone.
壹箭雙雕。
Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.
君王發狂，百姓遭殃。
Kings have long arms.
普天之下，莫非王土。
Knowledge is power.
知識就是力量。
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
博學使人謙遜，無知使人驕傲。
Learn and live.
活著，為了學習。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
好人越學越好，壞人越學越壞。
Learn not and know not.
不學無術。
Learn to walk before you run.
先學走，再學跑。
Let bygones be bygones.
過去的就讓它過去吧。
Let sleeping dogs lie.
別惹麻煩。
Let the cat out of the bag.
泄漏天機。
Lies can never changes fact.
謊言終究是謊言。
Lies have short legs.
謊言站不長。
Life is but a span.
人生苦短。
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
人過半生，方知天命。
Life is not all roses.
人生並不是康莊大道。
Life without a friend is death.
沒有朋友，雖生猶死。
Like a rat in a hole.
甕中之鱉。
Like author, like book.
文如其人。
Like father, like son.
有其父必有其子。
Like for like.
壹報還壹報。
Like knows like.
惺惺相惜。
Like mother, like daughter.
有其母必有其女。
Like teacher, like pupil.
什麽樣的老師教什麽樣的學生。
Like tree, like fruit.
羊毛出在羊身上。
Little things amuse little minds.
小人無大誌。
Look before you leap.
摸清情況再行動。
Lookers-on see more than players.
當局者迷，旁觀者清。
Losers are always in the wrong.
勝者為王，敗者為寇。
Lost time is never found again.
歲月既往，壹去不回。
Love at first sight.
壹見鐘情。
Love cannot be compelled.
愛情不能強求。
Love is blind.
愛情是盲目的。
Love is full of trouble.
愛情充滿煩惱。
Love is never without jealousy.
沒有妒忌就沒有愛情。