
1. Constant dropping wears the stone.
滴水穿石。
2. Unlucky in love, lucky at play.
情场失意,赌场得意。
3. Wise men are silent; fools talk.
智者沉默寡言,愚者滔滔不绝。
4. A book that remains shut is but a block.
有书闭卷不阅读,无异是一块木头。
5. A friend without faults will never be found.
没有缺点的朋友是永远找不到的。
6. Beauty lies in lover's eyes.
情人眼里出西施。
7. A good heart conquers ill fortune.
善心克厄运。
(好人有好报。/ 好人多福。)
8. A man cannot serve two masters.
一仆不能事二主。
9. Riches either serve or govern the possessor.
财富可以侍候主人,也可以支配主人。
10. Birth is much, but breeding is more.
出身固然重要,教养更重要。

11. Health does not consist with intemperance.
健康和放纵,彼此不相容。
12. Idle young, needy old.
少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。
13. Cut the coat according to the cloth.
量布裁衣。 (量入为出。)
14. Do not praise a day before sun set.
切勿褒贬过早。
15. Great hopes make great man.
大希望造就大人物。
(有远大的抱负才能成为伟人。)
16. You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk.
你不可能出售乳牛,同时又要喝牛奶。
17. When everybody's somebody then nobody's anybody.
人人都伟大,世间没豪杰。
18. Each man is the architect of his own fate.
命运掌握在自己手中。
19. It is never too old to learn.
为学不怕年高。
(学无止境。/ 活到老,学到老。)
20. Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.
恶运临头后,才知幸运贵。

21. Care brings grey hair.
忧虑催人老。
22. Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.
要人尊敬,必须自重。
23. A bird is known by its note and a man by his talk.
闻其歌知其鸟, 听其言知其人。
24. Turn over a new leaf.
洗心革面,改过自新。
25. Full bellies make empty skulls.
大腹便便,头脑空空。
26. Better master one than engage with ten.
精通一事胜于会十事。
27. True love never grows old.
真爱永恒。
28. There is no general rule without some exception.
任何法规均有例外。
29. Little things amuse little minds.
小人无大志。
30. The wise man knows he knows nothing,
the fool thinks he knows all.
清者自清,浊者自浊。
31. Seeing is believing.
眼见为实。
