Put the cart before the horse. 本末倒置
Pursue your object, be it what it will, steadily and indefatigably.不管追求什麽目標，都應堅持不懈You cannot burn the candle at both ends. 蠟燭不可兩頭燃。(魚和熊掌不可兼得。)
The older the wiser. 人老智多。(姜還是老的辣。Experience is the best teacher. 實踐出真知。As heroes think, so thought Bruce. 英雄所見略同Custom makes all things easy. 習慣成自然Haste makes waste. 欲速則不達。(忙中常出錯。)East or west, home is the best. 東奔西跑，還是家裏好。Rome was not built in a day. 羅馬不是壹日建成的。(偉業非壹日之功 Some thing is learned every time a book is opened. 開卷有益Difficult the first time, easy the second. 壹回生，二回熟。A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near. 海內存知己，天涯若比鄰。You are only young once. 青春只有壹次。