【第1句】：寧為清貧，不為濁富。Better poor than rich.

【第2句】：榮譽和利益不能并存。Honour and profit lie not in one sack.

【第3句】：只工作，不玩耍，聰明小伙也變傻。All work and no play makes jack a dull boy.

【第4句】：愛財與好學，實難相共容。The love of money and the love of learning are hardly compatible.

【第5句】：悖入悖出。Easy come, easy go.

【第6句】：財富如帶憂郁來，有了財富有何用？What is wealth good for, if it brings melancholy?

【第7句】：五十步笑百步。The pot calls the kettle black.

【第8句】：無事可做比有許多事要做更傷腦筋。There is more trouble in having nothing to do than in having many things to do.

【第9句】：運氣太好，得意忘形；運氣太壞，無人理會。Too lucky, complacent; Too bad luck goes unnoticed.

【第10句】：青年時代是人生的播種期。Youth is life's seed-time.

【第11句】：早婚早夭。Early wed, early dead.

【第12句】：歷代最偉大的思想都載入史冊而不朽。In books are embalmed the greatest thoughts of all ages.

【第13句】：愛情和戰爭是不擇手段的。All's fair in love and war.

【第14句】：沒有廉恥心，沒有好德行。No shame, no virtue.

【第15句】：我們生命只一次，好自為之一次足矣。We only live once. That's enough.

【第16句】：經驗是智慧之父，記憶是智慧之母。Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.

【第17句】：答得迅速，懂得不多。He who answers quickly knows little.

【第18句】：我們希望長大，但怕年老；就是，愿意生，而害怕死。We want to grow old, but we fear old age; To be willing to live and afraid to die.

【第19句】：懂得最少的人自以為最了不起。He thinks most who knows least.

【第20句】：一閑生百邪。One idle hour brings out all evils.

【第21句】：鄉有鄉俗。Every country has its customs.

【第22句】：欲捉鳥莫驚鳥。He that would catch a bird must not scare it.

【第23句】：在世無朋友，死后無證人。Life without a friend is death without a witness.

【第24句】：正直的法官重法勝于重人。An upright judge values the law above men.

【第25句】：英雄才能配美人。A hero deserves a beauty.

【第26句】：凡人皆有得意日(意指：大家都有走運的一天)。Every dog has his day.

【第27句】：老狗難改吠聲。An old dog cannot alter its barking.

【第28句】：大多數事物總有兩種解釋。Most things have two interpretations.

【第29句】：只有在日常事務上盡責的人，才能在重大事情上盡責。Only they who fulfill their duties in everyday matters will fulfill them on great occasions.

【第30句】：你笑，人人陪你笑；你哭，惟獨你自哭。Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone.

【第31句】：人不貴妻，自我丟臉。He that dishonors his wife dishonors himself.

【第32句】：得朋友難，失朋友易。A friend is easier lost than found.

【第33句】：盡職的路是安全的路。The path of duty is the path of safety.

【第34句】：你若想與人成仇結怨，只要借錢給人再催還。If you would make an enemy, lend a man money and ask it of him again.

【第35句】：婚姻能成全人也能損害人。Marriage makes or Mars a man.

【第36句】：面包的氣味最香，食鹽的滋味最鮮，兒童的情愛最純。The best smell is bread, the best savour salt, the best love of children.

【第37句】：中庸之道最保險。A middle course is the safest.

【第38句】：愛借錢者不愛還錢。He that loves to borrow loves not to pay.

【第39句】：嚴守時間是辦事情的重要原則。Punctuality is an important principle in doing things.

【第40句】：能節儉時就節儉，朝陽難照一整天。Save while you may, no morning sun lasts a whole day.

【第41句】：趁熱打鐵。Strike while the iron is hot.

【第42句】：想想別人的不幸，你可以對自己的命運感到滿足。Think of the misfortunes of others, and you may be content with your own lot.

【第43句】：要使農家富又足，必須養雞又養牛。To make a farmer rich and rich, he must raise both chickens and cattle.

【第44句】：我們的感情，是我們的生命，我們靠它生存，我們的溫暖是它供應。Our feeling is our life, we live by it, our warmth is its supply.

【第45句】：想不犯錯誤，就一事無成。He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.

【第46句】：掛羊頭，賣狗肉。Cry wine and sell vinegar.

【第47句】：適度是寶。Moderation is treasure.

【第48句】：不聲不響的豬吃光全部的飼料。The quiet pig eats up all the feed.

【第49句】：懶散學為非。Learn by idleness.

【第50句】：兩只耳朵對一舌，故應多聽而少說。Two ears to one tongue, therefore hear much and speak little.

【第51句】：錢可神通。Money talks.

【第52句】：萬物逢時皆美好。Everything is good in its season.

【第53句】：我說得少，但我想得多。I speak little, but I think much.

【第54句】：沒有孩子的人不知道什么叫愛。He knows not what love is that has no children.

【第55句】：年青時躺在玫瑰上，老年時就會躺在荊棘上。Lie upon roses when young, upon thorns when old.

【第56句】：白天當白天，夜晚當夜晚，生活過得好，愉快而多歡。Make the night night, and the day day, and you will have a pleasant time of it.

【第57句】：開設店鋪易，維持常開難。It is easier to open a shop than to keep it open.

【第58句】：進步的最大障礙是偏見。The greatest obstacle to progress is prejudice.

【第59句】：結果好，就一切都好。All is well that ends well.

【第60句】：衣食足而后知榮辱。Feed and clothe, and honour and shame follow.

【第61句】：清凈近乎神圣。Purity is next to godliness.

【第62句】：墮入罪惡的道路是容易走的。The path down to evil is easy.

【第63句】：運不逢時，事不得意。Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.

【第64句】：不向上爬的也不會下跌。He who does not climb never falls.

【第65句】：先律己，后律人。Judge not of others, but of yourself.

【第66句】：騙子說真話，也沒人相信。A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.

【第67句】：沒有知識比黑夜還要黑。Lack of knowledge is darker than night.

【第68句】：智力勝于財富。Intelligence is better than wealth.

【第69句】：人生雖短，但表示禮貌的時間還是足夠的。Life is short but there is time enough for courtesy.

【第70句】：心之所見遠勝于目。The heart sees more than the head.

【第71句】：戰爭一開始，地獄門敞開。When war begins, hell opens.

【第72句】：什么都會，樣樣不精。Jack of all trades and master of none.

【第73句】：玩忽事業等于丟失事業。Business neglected is business lost.

【第74句】：好戲在后頭。The best is yet to come.

【第75句】：即使敵人小如鼠，也要防他如防虎。Though thy enemy seem a mouse, yet watch him like a tiger.

【第76句】：我們最不喜歡聽到的真實，總是我們知道了會大有好處的真實。The truths we least like to hear are always the truths which it is to our advantage to know.

【第77句】：以牙還牙。Tit for tat.

【第78句】：寧可作點犧牲，不要長久悲痛。Better a little sacrifice than a long sorrow.

【第79句】：安分守己。Play the game.

【第80句】：安全勝過遺憾。Better safe than sorry.

【第81句】：逆境出人才。Adversity makes a man wise.

【第82句】：少吃多餐，身強體胖。Eat little and eat often.

【第83句】：過光棍生活，勝過有一個邋遢老婆。Better a bachelor's life than a slovenly wife.

【第84句】：經過災難方知福。Fortune is best found in adversity.

【第85句】：同床異夢，貌合神離。Like bedfellows, like bedfellows.

【第86句】：一個罪惡常為另一個罪惡開門。One sin often opens the door for another.

【第87句】：話未出口屬于己，話一出口屬別人。When a word is not spoken it belongs to you, but when it is spoken it belongs to others.

【第88句】：美女的微笑就是錢包的淚水。Beauty's smile is her purse's tear.

【第89句】：勢均力敵。It's a tie.

【第90句】：良好的開端是成功的一半。A good beginning is half done.

【第91句】：事實真相往往不在表面，而在深層。The truth is often not in the surface, but in the deep.

【第92句】：一滴之毒，毒染整桶之酒。One drop of poison infects the whole cask of wine.

【第93句】：生氣最終是氣壞自己。Getting angry is ultimately about getting angry with yourself.

【第94句】：順利時要快樂，不利時要思索。In prosperity be happy, in adversity think.

【第95句】：早睡早起，令人健康、富有而且聰明。Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

【第96句】：不要以貌取人。Don't judge a book by its cover.

【第97句】：玉不琢不成器。The finest diamond must be cut.

【第98句】：勿謀之過早(意指：不要過于樂觀)。Don't jump the gun.

【第99句】：勇敢面前沒有通不過的路。No road is impossible to courage.