a good medicine tastes bitter.良藥苦口，忠言逆耳。
a good maxim is never out of season.至理名言不會過時。
a good marksman may miss.智者千慮，必有壹失。
a good horse often needs a good spur.好馬常要好靴刺。
a good horse cannot be of a bad colour.良馬的毛色不會差。
a good heart conquers ill fortune.善心克厄運。
a good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold.健康的身體貴於黃金鑄成的皇冠。
a good head and an industrious hand are worth gold in any land.聰明腦袋勤勞手，走遍天下貴如金。
a good friend is my nearest relation.良友如近親。
a good fame is better than a good face.好的.名望勝於好的相貌。
a good face is a letter of recommendation.好的相貌就是壹封推薦的介紹信。
a good dog deserves a good bone.有勞得獎。
a good example is the best sermon.身教勝似言教。
a good conscience is a continual feast.白日不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。
a good book is a light to the soul.好書壹本，照亮心靈。
a good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us.壹本好書，莫逆之交。
a good beginning makes a good ending.善始者必善其終。
a good beginning is half the battle.首戰告捷等於壹半勝利。
a good appetite is a good sauce.饑不擇食。
a good anvil does not fear the hammer.好砧不怕錘。
a full cup must be carried steadily.杯滿盈，須持穩。
a full belly counsels well.衣食足而後知榮辱。《手機短信搞笑語：智勇雙全河南人！》
after meat, mustard.雨後送傘。
after dinner sit a while; after supper walk a mile.午餐之後坐片刻，晚飯之後走壹裏。
after dinner comes the reckoning.吃喝玩樂，該付代價。
after death, the doctor.放馬後炮。
after black clouds, clear weather.否極泰來。
after a storm comes a calm.否極泰來。
a friend without faults will never be found.沒有缺點的朋友是永遠找不到的。
a friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.廣交友，無深交。
a friend is not so soon gotten as lost.交友慢，失友快。
a friend is never known till a man have need.不到患難時，永遠不能認識真正的朋友。
a friend is best found in adversity.患難見真友。
a friend is a second self.朋友是另壹個我。
a friend in need is a friend indeed.患難朋友才是真朋友。
a friend in court is better than a penny in purse.曩中有錢，不如朝中有友。
a friend exaggerates a man′s virtue, an enemy his crimes.朋友宣揚人的美德，敵人誇大人的罪過。
a fox may grow grey, but never good.狐貍會變，但本性難移。
a fool′s heart dances on his lips.愚人心坦蕩，掛在嘴唇上。
a fool′s bolt may sometimes hit the mark.愚者千慮，必有壹得。
a fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out.壹愚所失，百智難回。
a fool may give a wise man counsel.愚者千慮，必有壹得。
a fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.愚者所問，智者難答。
a fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer.壹愚發問，七智結舌。
a fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity.蠢人裝聰明，實在最可憐。
a fool and his money are soon parted.笨蛋難聚財。
a fool always rushes to the fore.傻瓜總愛強出頭。