Courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue.
礼貌和美貌是分不开的伴侣。
Plain living and high thinking.
生活要朴素，情操要高尚。
Good is good, but better carries it.
精益求精，善益求善。
Honesty is the best policy.
诚实为上策。
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
感恩是精神高尚的标志。
It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others.
判断自己比判断别人要难得多。
An optimist sees the rose; a pessimist the thorn.
乐观的人看到玫瑰，悲观的人只看到它的刺。
Delays are dangerous.
因拖出危险。
Let bygones be bygones.
既往宜不咎。
Look on both sides of the shield.
看问题要从两面看。
You cannot burn the candle at both ends.
蜡烛不能两头点。
All men can't be first.
不可能人人得冠军。
Never is a long word.
不要轻易说“决不”。
The overturned cast ahead is a warning to the carts behind.
前车之覆，后车之鉴。
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
不打不成器。
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
厨师太多烧坏汤。
Standers-by see more than gamesters.
旁观者清，当局者迷。
Self-praise自夸不足为自荐。
They brag most who can do least.
本领最小的人最会吹牛。
The good is the enemy of the best.
过得去是精益求精的敌人。
Politeness costs nothing and gains everything.
礼貌不用花一分钱，却能赢得一切。
A man can't ride your back unless it is bent.
你的腰不弯，别人就不能骑在你的背上。
Conceit is the quicksand of success.
自负是成功的流沙。
He that makes a good war makes a good peace.
正义的战争创造持久的和平。
There is no disputing about tastes.
人各有所好。
It is easy to be wise after the event.
事后诸葛亮容易当。
Patience is the ability to put up with people you'd like to put
down.
能容忍你想羞辱的人，便是忍耐。
Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude.
要有单独自处的能力，不要放过孤寂的好处。
Great ideas need landing gear as well as wings.
伟大的思想需要起落架，也需要双翼。
Fair words make fools fain.
甜言蜜语会使愚者得意忘形。
Please all and you please none.
要面面俱到者，面面不到。
The noblest vengeance is to forgive.
最高尚的复仇是宽容。
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
温和的回答可以息怒。
Advice when most needed is least heeded.
最容易忽视的建议往往是最重要的。
Be just before you are generous.
要慷慨必先求公正。
Make the best of a bad bargain.
已知吃亏，尽力而为。
He that makes a thing too fine, breaks it.
做事过于苛求，反把事情弄坏。
When all else is lost the future still remains.
就是失去了一切别的，也还有未来。
The world is his who enjoys it.
活着感到快乐，世界就属于你。
A little labor, much health.
适量的劳动有益于健康。
Laugh and grow fat.
心宽体胖。
Work won't kill but worry will.
劳动无害，忧愁伤身。
He is rich that has few wants.
寡欲者富。
Every man at forty is a fool or a physician.
人到四十，如果不是傻子，就该知道保养身体。
A bow long bent grows weak.
常拉满弓无力。
He is wise that knows when he is well enough.
知足为智者。
A good conscience is a continuous feast.
问心无愧天天乐。
Prevention is better than cure.
治病不如防病。
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
清洁仅次于圣洁。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一日一苹果，医生远离我。
In sports and journeys men are known.
从体育和旅行中可以看出男子的品德。
No man is happy but by comparison.
人的幸福都是比较而言的。
There is no joy without alloy.
世界上没有十全十美的快乐。
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.
进步是今天的活动，明天的保证。
Good order is the foundation of all things.
良好的秩序是一切的基础。
He that plants trees loves others besides himself.
植树的人，不但爱己，而且爱人。
The world is but a little place, after all.
天涯原咫尺，何处不相逢。
Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
仁爱是联结社会的金链。
Where there is unity, there is victory.
有团结就有胜利。
United we stand, divided we fall.
团结则存，分裂则亡。
Love is the mother of love.
情生情，爱生爱。
Love lives in cottages as well as in courts.
爱情不分贵贱。
True love never grows old.
真正的爱永不衰老。
Hope is a lover's staff.
希望是爱者的手扶之杖。
It is better to give than to take.
施比受更有福。
Example is better than precept.
身教胜于言传。
Diligence is the mother of success.
勤勉是成功之母。
From saving comes having.
富有来自勤俭。
Cut your coat according to your cloth.
看布裁衣。
Human pride is human weakness.
人类的骄傲即是人类的弱点。
Man proposes, God disposes.
谋事在人，成事在天。
No one but the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.
穿鞋的人自己知道哪里夹脚。
Vainglory blossoms but never bears.
虚荣光开花，永远不结果。
Anger is the wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
愤怒是吹灭心中之灯的风。
Every cloud has a silver lining.
乌云背后有阳光。
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
有时吃亏就是最大的便宜。
Don't trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.
麻烦没有来找你，不要去找麻烦。
You cannot step twice into the same river.
你不能两次踏入同一条河流。
This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.
真正的勇气是：无所畏惧地接受上天给你的一切。
It is always morning somewhere in the world.
世界上总是有某个地方可以看到阳光。
You cannot step twice into the same river.
你不能两次踏入同一条河流。
This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.
真正的勇气是：无所畏惧地接受上天给你的一切。
It is always morning somewhere in the world.
世界上总是有某个地方可以看到阳光。
Life is a roller coaster, you have your ups and downs unless you
fall off.
人生就像坐过山车，只要不掉下来，就会有起有伏。
At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the
judgement.
20岁我们按意愿做事；30岁我们凭智慧做事；40岁我们靠判断做事 is no recommendation

He who would search for pearls must dive below.
欲求珍珠，必潜水底。
A secret between more than two is no secret.
三人知晓，秘密难保。
A snow year, a good year.
瑞雪兆丰年。
Better wait on the cook than on the doctor.
药补不如食补。
Diligence is the mother of fortune.
幸运出自勤奋。
It is never too late to learn.
学不厌晚。
Kind hearts are more than coronets.
善良的心地胜过桂冠。
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
少说话，多观察。
Knowledge is no burden.
艺多不压身。
Let a sleeping dog lie.
莫惹事生非。
Man does what he can, and God what He will.
人为其能为，神为所欲为。
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上无难事，只怕有心人。
Offense is the best defense.
进攻是最有效的防御。
Save money against a rainy day.
平时存钱，防备雨天。
The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest.
这山望着那山高。
The handsomest flower is not the sweetest.
最美的花不一定最香。
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
布丁好不好，吃了才知道。