1、A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。
2、Boaster and a liar are cousins-german. 吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
3、A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
4、It is easier to get money than to keep it. 挣钱容易攒钱难。
5、Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
6、Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud. 博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。
7、Adversity leads to prosperity. 穷则思变。
8、Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 逆境出人才。
9、A good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。
10、Learn to walk before you run. 先学走，再学跑。
11、All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。
12、No garden without its weeds. 没有不长草的园子。
13、Love cannot be compelled. 爱情不能强求。
14、Life without a friend is death. 没有朋友，虽生犹死。
15、My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life. 儿子婚前是儿子，女儿终生是女儿。
16、No news is good news. 没有消息就是好消息。
17、A great talker is a great liar. 说大话者多谎言。
18、A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解，自欺欺人。
19、No rose without a thorn. 没有不带刺的玫瑰。
20、All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事总是由难而易。
21、Better to ask the way than go astray. 问路总比迷路好。
22、Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. 谚语是日常经验的结晶。
23、An old dog cannot learn new tricks. 老狗学不出新把戏。
24、Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. 经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。
25、A man is known by his friends. 什么人交什么朋友。
26、Observation is the best teacher. 观察是最好的老师。
27、No one can call back yesterday. 昨日不会重现。
28、Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty. 世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。
29、Books and friends should be few but good. 读书如交友，应求少而精。
30、Every heart has its own sorrow. 各人有各人的苦恼。
31、The best man stumbles. 伟人也有犯错时。
32、The greatest talkers are always least doers. 语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。
33、Fear always springs from ignorance. 恐惧源于无知。
34、The devil sometimes speaks the truth. 魔鬼有时也会说真话。
35、Fortune favors those who use their judgement. 机遇偏爱善断之人。
36、Friends must part. 再好的朋友也有分手的时候。
37、He who risks nothing gains nothing. 收获与风险并存。
38、Two wrongs do not make a right. 别人错了，不等于你对了。
39、The pen is mightier than the sword. 笔能杀人。
40、The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down. 世界如阶梯，有人上有人下。
41、There is no general rule without some exception. 任何法规均有例外。
42、History repeats itself. 历史往往重演。
43、We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received. 自己的好事别去提，别人的恩惠要铭记。
44、He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs. 背后说好话，才是真朋友。
45、He is lifeless that is faultless. 只有死人才不犯错误。
46、Who chatters to you, will chatter of you. 搬弄口舌者必是小人。
47、You cannot burn the candle at both ends. 蜡烛不能两头点，精力不可过分耗。
48、Wise man have their mouths in their hearts, fools have their hearts in their mouths. 智者嘴在心里，愚者心在嘴里。
49、You may know by a handful the whole sack. 由一斑可知全貌。
50、When sorrow is asleep, wake it not. 伤心旧事别重提。
