【第1句】：真理可能被指責，但是決不蒙恥辱。Truth may be blamed, but shall never be shamed.

【第2句】：說話容易做事難。Easier said than done.

【第3句】：愛挑的擔子，就愉快輕松。The burden of one's choice is pleasant and light.

【第4句】：懶惰會磨去才智的鋒芒。Sloth turneth the edge of wit.

【第5句】：狐貍可以改變皮毛，但不能改變習性。The fox may alter his coat, but not his habit.

【第6句】：真人不露相，露相非真人。A wise head makes a close mouth.

【第7句】：懶惰使腦子生銹。Idleness is the rust of the brain.

【第8句】：好聚好散。Good gather, good part.

【第9句】：蠟燭焚自身，光亮照別人。A candle lights others and consumes itself.

【第10句】：金錢是無底的海洋，榮譽、良心和真理都可以淹沒在其中。Money is a bottomless sea in which honour, conscience, and truth may be drowned.

【第11句】：老不老，自己曉。Every man is as old as he is old.

【第12句】：美就是真，真就是美。Beauty is truth, truth beauty.

【第13句】：朋友之間也會保持距離。Friends keep their distance.

【第14句】：驕兵必敗。Pride goes before a fall.

【第15句】：美麗而引人注目的東西不一定都善良，但善良的東西總是美麗的。That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.

【第16句】：一只腳勝過兩根拐杖。One foot is better than two crutches.

【第17句】：完全虛度的日子是你一次也沒有笑過的日子。The most utterly lost days are those in which you have not once laughed.

【第18句】：善心不想壞事，好舌不出惡聲。A good tongue makes a good mouth.

【第19句】：活得好等于活得長。He lives long that lives well.

【第20句】：不如歸去。Better go home.

【第21句】：自己選的擔子不嫌重。A burden of one's choice is not felt.

【第22句】：周游世界須有豬嘴巴，鹿的腿，鷹的雙眼，驢的耳，駱駝To travel around the world one must have the mouth of a pig, the legs of a deer, the eyes of an eagle, the ears of a donkey, and the ears of a camel

【第23句】：財富能使人拜倒。Wealth brings one down.

【第24句】：處在危難中，不宜大更動。In a crisis it is not advisable to make drastic changes.

【第25句】：如無希望，心就破碎。Without hope, the heart is broken.

【第26句】：美德大多只是良好的習慣。Virtue consists mostly in good habits.

【第27句】：唯有美德是真正高貴的。Virtue is the only true nobility.

【第28句】：眼睛能看見一切的東西，但看不見自己。The eye that sees all things else sees not itself.

【第29句】：老而貧窮，負擔沈重。Poverty on an old man's back is a heavy burden.

【第30句】：少年懶惰，老來貧苦。A lazy youth, a lousy age.

【第31句】：壞事傳千里。Ill news travels fast.

【第32句】：有勞得獎。Take the prize.

【第33句】：想得好，聰明；籌畫得好，更聰明；做得好，最聰明最好。Well thought, clever; Better counsel, more wit; Well done, wisest and best.

【第34句】：精通一事勝于會十事。Better master one than engage with ten.

【第35句】：可敬與可笑之間只有一步之差。There is but one step between the sublime and the ridiculous.

【第36句】：烈火試真金，困苦練壯士。The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.

【第37句】：有明必有暗。Every light has its darkness.

【第38句】：靠希望而生，必因饑餓而死。He who lives by hope will die by hunger.

【第39句】：大人物的美味是窮人的眼淚。The dainties of great men are the tears of poor men.

【第40句】：好事不出門，壞事傳千里。Ill news travels fast.

【第41句】：是就是，非就非。Yes or no.

【第42句】：往日不復返。Yesterday never comes again.

【第43句】：善言是世上的音樂。Kind words are the music of the world.

【第44句】：生成的傻子總是治不好的。A born fool is never cured.

【第45句】：海內存知己，天涯若比鄰。A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.

【第46句】：江山易改，本性難移。A leopard cannot change its spots.

【第47句】：與朋友交，必須友好相處。In friendship one must be friendly.

【第48句】：學到老，學不了。It is never too late to learn.

【第49句】：坐失良機必有憂患。A lost opportunity is a lost opportunity.

【第50句】：狐貍到老也不會變好。A fox may grow grey, but never good.

【第51句】：在家千日好，出門時時難。It is a good thing to be at home, but a bad thing to be abroad.

【第52句】：想象是創作之源。Imagination is the source of creation.

【第53句】：真金不怕火。True gold fears no fire.

【第54句】：杞人憂天。Fear may never appear.

【第55句】：活著對別人貢獻最多的人，活得最有意義。He who lives most to others lives most meaningfully.

【第56句】：恩澤讓人欣喜，猶如鮮花使人心醉。Grace pleases like flowers.

【第57句】：愛是人生最大的樂趣。Love is the greatest pleasure in life.

【第58句】：該怎么樣的就怎么樣。What goes around comes around.

【第59句】：如果你不能有最好的，你就充分利用你現有的吧。If you can't have the best, make the most of what you have.

【第60句】：自吹自擂的人是最大的謊言者。The greatest liars talk most of themselves.

【第61句】：蓋棺才能定論。The last word is the last word.

【第62句】：美酒可制成烈醋，熱愛能變為深仇。Wine may turn into vinegar, but love into enmity.

【第63句】：夢想總與現實相反。Dreams are always contrary to reality.

【第64句】：積財難，守財最難，而聰明地散財最難。It is difficult to accumulate, hardest to preserve, and hardest to distribute wisely.

【第65句】：居安思危，此乃萬全之策。In times of peace, it is the safest course.

【第66句】：蠢人才吃兩次虧。It is a fool that has twice lost.

【第67句】：凡事要先思而后行。Think before you act.

【第68句】：言多必失。He that talks much loses much.

【第69句】：相聚愛益切，離別情更深。Absence sharpens love, presence sharpens it.

【第70句】：愿望不等于事實。Wishes do not equal facts.

【第71句】：吃小虧占大便宜。Small losses make great gains.

【第72句】：時間可以創造奇跡。Time works wonders.

【第73句】：人生只有一次死。A man can die but once.

【第74句】：情場失意,賭場得意。Unlucky in love, lucky at play.

【第75句】：危險本身就是對付危險的最好辦法。Danger itself is the best remedy for danger.

【第76句】：歷史往往重演。History repeats itself.

【第77句】：見多識廣。Be well informed.

【第78句】：長壽的人多憂患。He that lives long suffers much.

【第79句】：眼不見，心不煩。Out of sight, out of mind.

【第80句】：愛情使世界運轉。Love makes the world go round.

【第81句】：忍耐是最好的藥物。Patience is the best physic.

【第82句】：囊中無分文，親友不上門。A penniless purse makes no friends.

【第83句】：真正的笑話不是笑話。A true jest is no jest.

【第84句】：愛愛相生。Make love goes with each other.

【第85句】：空袋子放不真。An empty bag cannot stand upright.

【第86句】：貓犬可相吻，莫逆卻難成。The cat and dog may kiss, yet are none the better.

【第87句】：妻子浪費無度，丈夫不會出頭。A man can never thrive who had a wasteful wife.

【第88句】：當面責人是英雄，背后中傷是懦夫。He who blames one to his face is a hero, but he who backbites is a coward.

【第89句】：別國的鉆石是最美麗的。Diamonds from other countries are the most beautiful.

【第90句】：空言不能成交易。Bare words, no bargain.

【第91句】：憂慮催人老。Care ages us.

【第92句】：平時隨便買，需時無錢買。Buy casually at ordinary times, need to buy without money.

【第93句】：歡喜說他歡喜的話者將要聽到他不歡喜的話。He that is glad to say what he likes will hear what he does not.

【第94句】：母愛永恒。A mother's love never changes.

【第95句】：自搬石頭自壓腳。He that lifts a stone presses his own back.

【第96句】：對己之不幸付之一笑，這是一門偉大的藝術。It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune.

【第97句】：狗嘴里吐不出象牙。A dog's mouth seldom gives out ivory.

【第98句】：不勞而獲。Something for nothing.

【第99句】：一知半解，害已誤人。A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.