● A bold attempt is half success. (勇敢的尝试是成功的一半。）
● All things are difficult before they are easy . (凡事必先难后易。）
● What we acquire without sweat we give away without regret. ( 得之不费力，弃之不可惜。） ● Nothing is impossible to a willing heart . （只要有一颗意志坚强的心，没事不成。） ● Work makes the workman. （勤工出巧匠。）
● Constant dropping wears the stone. (滴水穿石。）
● Experience is the mother of wisdom. （经验是智慧之母。）
● Every man is his own worst enemy .(一个人最大的敌人就是他自己。）
● Saying and doing are two different things. ( 说和做是迥然不同的两回事。）
● Actions speak louder than words . (行动比语言更响亮。）
● From small beginnings comes great things. (伟大始于渺小。）
● Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand. （脑中有知识，胜过手中有金钱。） ● The voice of one man is the voice of no one . (一个人的声音没有力量。）
● A great ship asks for deep waters. （大船要走深水。）
● While there is life, there is hope. （有生命便有希望 / 留得青山在 , 哪怕没柴烧） ● Two heads are better than one. (一人不及二人智 ; 三个臭皮匠 , 胜个过一个诸葛亮。） n and diet.Wise men learn by other men's mistakes; fools by their own. ( 他山之石可以攻玉。） ● Good company on the road is the shortest cut. ( 行路有良伴就是捷径。）
● It takes all sorts to make a world. ( 世界是由各种不同的人所组成的。）
● If a thing is worth doing it is worth worth doing well. ( 如果事情值得做，就值得好好做。）
● Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. ( 无热情成就不了伟业。） ● It is never too late to learn.( 活到老，学到老。）
● It is never too late to mend.( 亡羊补牢，犹时未晚。）
● The secret of success is constancy of purpose. （成功的秘诀在于持之于恒。） ● Misfortunes never come alone/single. ( 祸不单行。）
● Misfortunes come on wings and depart on foot. ( 遭祸容易脱祸难。）
● Misfortunes tell us what fortune is. ( 不经灾难不知福。）
● To an optimist every change is a change for the better. ( 对于乐观者总是越变越好。） ● Truth never fears investigation.( 事实从来不怕调查。）
● A good medicine tasks bitter.（良药苦口。）
● Great minds think alike.（英雄所见略同。）
● Better late than never.( 迟做总比不做好；晚来总比不来强。）
● He that can have patience, can have what he will.（唯坚韧者始能遂其志。）
● Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failures.（我们大多数的失败都是因为缺乏自信之故。）
● To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. ( 读书不思考，犹如吃饭不消化。）
● One of these days is none of these days. (有这么一天就是没有这么一天。/吾生待明日，万事成蹉跎。）
● Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest. (每匹马都认为自己所负的背包最重。） ● Nothing down, nothing up.(无下则无上 ./不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹？）
● All time is no time when it is past.( 机不可失，时不再来。)
● A good book is your best friend. (好书如挚友。）
● Asking costs nothing. (问人不费分文。）
● The tongue is boneless but it breaks bones.(舌无骨却折断骨。）
● A good name is easier lost than won. （名誉失之易，而得之难。）
● Every profession produces its own best.（行行出状元。）
● Today must borrow nothing of tomorrow.(今日事今日毕。） A chain is no stronger than
its weakest link. 一着不慎 , 满盘皆输。
● All is not gold that glitters. 闪光的未必都是金子。
● A child is better unborn than untaught. 养不教，父之过。
● A friend is best found in adversity. 患难见真情。
● All covet, all lose. 样样垂涎，样样失落。贪多嚼不烂。
● A good winter brings a good summer. 瑞雪兆丰年。
● All rivers run into the sea. 殊途同归。
● A small leak will sink a great ship. 千里之堤溃于蚁穴。
● A baker ’s wife may bite of a bun, a brewer ’s wife may bite of a tun. 近水楼台先得月。
● A short cut is often a wrong cut. 欲速则不达。
● A prophet is not without honor save in his own country. 远来的和尚好念经。
● All feet tread not in one shoe. 众口难调。
● A uncut gem does not sparkle. 玉不琢，不成器。
● A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
● A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often. 江山易改，本性难移。
● A little spark may kindle a great fire. 星星之火，可以燎原。
● Beauty is but skin-deep. 美丽只是外表罢了。
● Brevity is the soul of wit. 言以简洁为贵。
● Bread is the staff of life. 民以食为天。
● Behind the mountains there are people to be found. 天外有天，山外有山。
● Better die standing than live kneeling 宁愿站着死，也不跪着生。
● Cats hide their claws. 知人知面不知心。
● Diamonds cut diamonds. 棋逢对手，将遇良才。
● Do not teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。
● Do not have too many irons in the fire. 贪多嚼不烂。
● Do unto others as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿失于人。Experience is the best teacher. 实践出真知。
● Every bean has its black. 金无足赤，人无完人。
● Even woods have ears. 隔墙有耳。
● Enough is better than too much. 过犹不及。
● Every tub must stand on its own bottom. 人贵自立。
● Experience teaches. 吃一堑，长一智。
● Full vessels sound least. 大智若愚。
● Faith moves mountains. 精诚所至，金石为开。
● Fact is stranger than fiction. 大千世界，无奇不有。
● Fire proves gold, adversity proves man. 烈火识真金，逆境识英雄。
● Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters. 水能载舟，亦能覆舟。
● Give everyone his due. 一视同仁。
● Good (or Great) wits jump. 英雄所见略同。
● Go while the going is good. 三十六计，走为上计。
● Great weights hang on small wires. 千钧一发。
● Good wine needs no bush 酒香不怕巷子深。
● Greatest genius often lies concealed. 大智若愚。
● Grasp all, lose all. 贪多必失。
● Go to the sea, if you would fish well. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
● Honour to whom honour is due. 论功行赏。
● He travels the fastest who travels alone. 曲高和寡。
● He sits no sure that sits too high. 高处不胜寒。
● He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight. 正人先正己。 ● He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. 千里之行，始于足下。 ● He that respects not is not respected. 欲受人敬，要先敬人。 It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者不上两次当。
● Humility often gains more than pride. 满招损，谦受益。
● He is eloquent enough for whom truth speaks. 事实胜于雄辩。
● Hard words break no bones. 忠言逆耳利于行。
● Haste makes waste. 欲速则不达。
● He that runs fastest gets the ring. 捷足先登。
● If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow. 榜样的力量是无穷的。 ● It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟。
● Ill news never comes too late. 好事不出门，坏事传千里。
● It is the first step that is troublesome. 万事开头难。
● Justice has long arms. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
● Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is key to it. 实践得真知。
● Keeping is harder than winning. 创业不易，守业更难。
● Kiss and be friends. 握手言和。
● Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕。
● Let ’s cross the bridge when we come to it. 既来之，则安之。
● Love is blind. 情人眼里出西施。
● Little chips light great fires. 星星之火，可以燎原。
● Like knows like. 惺惺相惜。
● Live and learn. 学无止境。
● Merry meet, merry part. 好聚好散。
● Mind acts upon mind. 心有灵犀一点通。
● Nothing comes wrong to a hungry man. 饥不择食
● No cross, no crown. 不吃苦中苦，难为人上人。
● Nothing is easier than fault-finding. 站着说话不腰痛。 No weal without woe. 福兮祸所伏 , 祸兮福所倚。
● No work, no money. 不劳无获。
● No fire without smoke. 无风不起浪
● One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun. 一叶障目，不见泰山。
● One can not be in two places at once. 一心不可二用。
● Practice is better than precept. 身教重于言教。
● Score twice before you cut once. 三思而后行。
● Sense comes with age. 老马识途。
● So said, so done. 说到做到。言出必行。
● Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. 要成大业，自信第一。 ● Tall trees catch much wind. 树大招风 。
● The shortest way round is the longest way home. 欲速则不达。
● Those are in the same boat should row together. 同舟共济。
● Too much pudding will choke a dog. 布丁太多噎死狗。
● The deed proves the man. 观其行而知其人。
● True gold fears not the fire. 真金不怕火炼。
● Take time while time is, for time will away. 机不可失，时不在来。
● The battle is to the strong. 两强相遇勇者胜。
● The best of friends must part. 天下没有不散的宴席。
● Time is money. 时间就是金钱
● Time tries all things. 时间检验一切。
● Wealth is nothing without health. 健康胜于财富。
● We begun is half done. 良好的开端等于成功的一半。
● Work makes the workman. 熟能生巧。
● Youth’s a stuff will not endure. 青春易逝。
● You are never too old to learn. 活到老学到老。
● Zeal without kowledge is the sister of folly. 无知的热情近乎愚蠢。