<32>寧為清貧，不為濁富。Better poor than rich.<48>榮譽和利益不能并存。Honour and profit lie not in one sack.<59>只工作，不玩耍，聰明小伙也變傻。All work and no play makes jack a dull boy.<77>愛財與好學，實難相共容。The love of money and the love of learning are hardly compatible.<24>悖入悖出。Easy come, easy go.<65>財富如帶憂郁來，有了財富有何用？What is wealth good for, if it brings melancholy?<38>五十步笑百步。The pot calls the kettle black.<95>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.<71>運氣太好，得意忘形；運氣太壞，無人理會。Too lucky, complacent; Too bad luck goes unnoticed.<38>青年時代是人生的播種期。Youth is life's seed-time.<27>早婚早夭。Early wed, early dead.<73>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.<39>愛情和戰爭是不擇手段的。All's fair in love and war.<32>沒有廉恥心，沒有好德行。No shame, no virtue.<50>我們生命只一次，好自為之一次足矣。We only live once. That's enough.<73>經驗是智慧之父，記憶是智慧之母。Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.<46>答得迅速，懂得不多。He who answers quickly knows little.<106>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.<45>懂得最少的人自以為最了不起。He thinks most who knows least.<41>一閑生百邪。One idle hour brings out all evils.<35>鄉有鄉俗。Every country has its customs.<52>欲捉鳥莫驚鳥。He that would catch a bird must not scare it.<61>在世無朋友，死后無證人。Life without a friend is death without a witness.<54>正直的法官重法勝于重人。An upright judge values the law above men.<33>英雄才能配美人。A hero deserves a beauty.<44>凡人皆有得意日(意指：大家都有走運的一天)。Every dog has his day.<43>老狗難改吠聲。An old dog cannot alter its barking.<49>大多數事物總有兩種解釋。Most things have two interpretations.<116>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.<81>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.<55>人不貴妻，自我丟臉。He that dishonors his wife dishonors himself.<45>得朋友難，失朋友易。A friend is easier lost than found.<49>盡職的路是安全的路。The path of duty is the path of safety.<89>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.<41>婚姻能成全人也能損害人。Marriage makes or Mars a man.<97>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.<38>中庸之道最保險。A middle course is the safest.<50>愛借錢者不愛還錢。He that loves to borrow loves not to pay.<68>嚴守時間是辦事情的重要原則。Punctuality is an important principle in doing things.<69>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.<34>趁熱打鐵。Strike while the iron is hot.<99>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.<87>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.<95>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.<51>想不犯錯誤，就一事無成。He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.<34>掛羊頭，賣狗肉。Cry wine and sell vinegar.<28>適度是寶。Moderation is treasure.<49>不聲不響的豬吃光全部的飼料。The quiet pig eats up all the feed.<24>懶散學為非。Learn by idleness.<77>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.<17>錢可神通。Money talks.<41>萬物逢時皆美好。Everything is good in its season.<44>我說得少，但我想得多。I speak little, but I think much.<61>沒有孩子的人不知道什么叫愛。He knows not what love is that has no children.<68>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.<103>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.<61>開設店鋪易，維持常開難。It is easier to open a shop than to keep it open.<58>進步的最大障礙是偏見。The greatest obstacle to progress is prejudice.<37>結果好，就一切都好。All is well that ends well.<54>衣食足而后知榮辱。Feed and clothe, and honour and shame follow.<35>清凈近乎神圣。Purity is next to godliness.<43>墮入罪惡的道路是容易走的。The path down to evil is easy.<59>運不逢時，事不得意。Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.<45>不向上爬的也不會下跌。He who does not climb never falls.<45>先律己，后律人。Judge not of others, but of yourself.<60>騙子說真話，也沒人相信。A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.<50>沒有知識比黑夜還要黑。Lack of knowledge is darker than night.<42>智力勝于財富。Intelligence is better than wealth.<71>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.<43>心之所見遠勝于目。The heart sees more than the head.<40>戰爭一開始，地獄門敞開。When war begins, hell opens.<48>什么都會，樣樣不精。Jack of all trades and master of none.<47>玩忽事業等于丟失事業。Business neglected is business lost.<30>好戲在后頭。The best is yet to come.<74>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.<120>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.<17>以牙還牙。Tit for tat.<59>寧可作點犧牲，不要長久悲痛。Better a little sacrifice than a long sorrow.<19>安分守己。Play the game.<30>安全勝過遺憾。Better safe than sorry.<33>逆境出人才。Adversity makes a man wise.<35>少吃多餐，身強體胖。Eat little and eat often.<62>過光棍生活，勝過有一個邋遢老婆。Better a bachelor's life than a slovenly wife.<43>經過災難方知福。Fortune is best found in adversity.<43>同床異夢，貌合神離。Like bedfellows, like bedfellows.<55>一個罪惡常為另一個罪惡開門。One sin often opens the door for another.<104>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.<48>美女的微笑就是錢包的淚水。Beauty's smile is her purse's tear.<16>勢均力敵。It's a tie.<42>良好的開端是成功的一半。A good beginning is half done.<71>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.<62>一滴之毒，毒染整桶之酒。One drop of poison infects the whole cask of wine.<72>生氣最終是氣壞自己。Getting angry is ultimately about getting angry with yourself.<57>順利時要快樂，不利時要思索。In prosperity be happy, in adversity think.<87>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.<39>不要以貌取人。Don't judge a book by its cover.<38>玉不琢不成器。The finest diamond must be cut.<36>勿謀之過早(意指：不要過于樂觀)。Don't jump the gun.<45>勇敢面前沒有通不過的路。No road is impossible to courage.