Look before you leap. First think, then act.
三思而後行。
It is never too late to mend.
亡羊補牢，猶為未晚。
Light come, light go.
來得容易，去得快。
Time is money.
時間就是金錢。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患難見真交。
Great hopes make great man.
遠大的希望，造就偉大的人物。
After a storm comes a calm.
雨過天晴。
All roads lead to Rome.
條條大路通羅馬。
Art is long, but life is short.
人生有限，學問無涯。
Stick to it, and you‘ll succeed.
只要人有恒，萬事都能成。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
早睡早起，富裕、聰明、身體好。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良藥苦口。
It is good to learn at another man‘s cost.
前車之鑒。
Keeping is harder than winning.
創業不易，守業更難。
Let‘s cross the bridge when we come to it.
船到橋頭自然直。
More haste, less speed.
欲速則不達。
No pains, no gains.
不勞則無獲。
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上無難事，只要肯登攀。
Where there is life, there is hope.
生命不息，希望常在。
An idle youth, a needy age.
少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
We must not lie down, and cry, "God help us."
求神不如求己。
A plant may produce new flowers; man is young but once.
花有重開日，人無再少年。
God helps those who help themselves.
自助者，天助之。
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
明日待明日，明日不再來。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只工作，不玩耍，聰明孩子也變傻。
Diligence is the mother of success.
勤奮是成功之母。
Truth is the daughter of time.
時間見真理。
Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.
積少自然成多。
No man is wise at all times.
智者千慮，必有壹失。
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
今天能做的事絕不要拖到明天。
Live and learn.
活到老，學到老。
Kill two birds with one stone.
壹石雙鳥。
It never rains but it pours.
禍不單行。
In doing we learn.
經壹事，長壹智。
Easier said than done.
說起來容易做起來難。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
壹分預防勝似十分治療。
Industry is fortune‘s right hand, and frugality her left.
勤勉是幸運的右手，節約是幸運的左手。
Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.
天才壹分來自靈感，九十九分來自勤奮。
He who laughs last laughs best.
誰笑在最後，誰笑得最好。
He who pays the piper, calls the tune.
誰負擔費用，誰加以控制。
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
身體健壯就有希望，有了希望就有了壹切。
No man is born wise or learned.
人非生而知之。
Action speak louder than words.
事實勝於雄辯。
Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.
勇敢和堅決是美德的靈魂。
United we stand, divided we fall.
合即立，分即垮。
There is no smoke without fire.
無風不起浪。
Many hands make light work.
人多好辦事。
Reading makes a full man.
讀書長見識。
The best horse needs breeding, and the aptest child needs teaching.
最好的馬要馴，最伶俐的孩子要教。
Learn young, learn fair.
學習趁年輕，學就要學好。
Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
胸中有知識，勝於手中有金錢。
Once bitten, twice shy.
壹次被咬，下次膽小。
Sound in body, sound in mind.
有健全的身體才有健全的精神。
Seeing is believing.
百聞不如壹見。
Dogs wave their tails not so much in, love to you as your bread.
狗搖尾巴，愛的是妳的面包。
Money is a good servant but a bad master.
要做金錢的主人，莫作金錢的奴隸。
It‘s hard sailing when there is no wind.
無風難駛船。
The path to glory is always rugged.
通向光榮的道路常常是崎嶇的。
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
沒有目標的生活如同沒有羅盤的航行。
Quality matters more than quantity.
質重於量。
The on-looker sees most of the game.
旁觀者清。
Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it .
為了求知識，代價雖高也值得。
Joys shared with others are more enjoyed.
與眾同樂，其樂更樂。
Happiness takes no account of time.
歡樂不覺日子長。
Time and tide waits for no man.
歲月不等人。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
若要求知，必須刻苦。
Learn to walk before you run.
循序漸進。
Knowing something of everything, and everything of something.
通百藝而專壹長。
From words to deeds is a great space.
言行之間，大有距離。
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
技能和信心是無敵的軍隊。
Habit is a second nature.
習慣成自然。
Lifeless, faultless.
只有死人才不會犯錯誤。
A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.
好書千載常如新。
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.
讀書如擇友，宜少且宜精。
A book that remains shut is but a block.
書本不常翻，猶如壹塊磚。
It‘s not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.
君子在德不在衣。
Two heads are better than one.
三個臭皮匠頂個諸葛亮。
Birth is much, but breeding is more.
出身重要，教養更重要。
Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.
世上無難事，只怕有心人。
You can‘t make something out of nothing.
巧婦難為無米之炊。
Nothing venture, nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Nothing for nothing.
不費力氣，壹無所得。
Of nothing comes nothing.
無中不能生有。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
不犯錯誤者壹事無成。
Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.
話不中肯，不如不說。
Nothing succeeds like success.
壹事如意，萬事順利。
Nothing stake, nothing draw.
不頂千裏浪，哪來萬斤魚。
Nothing is as good as it seems beforehand.
期待比現實更美好。
Nothing is given so freely as advice.
勸人最容易。
Nothing is so certain as the unexpected.
天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福。
Nothing seek, nothing find.
無所求則無所獲。
A little of every thing is nothing in the main.
每事淺嘗輒止，事事都告無成。
A great ship asks deep waters.
大船要走深水。（蛟龍要在海中遊。）
The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.
節食博士、精心博士、快樂博士，三人都是最好的醫生。
He that once deceives is ever suspected.
騙人壹次，受疑壹世。
Empty wagons rattle loudest.
空車響聲大。
Nothing so bad but might be a blessing.
塞翁失馬，焉知非福。
A lazy youth, a lousy age.
少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良藥苦口，忠言逆耳。
A friend is best found in adversity.
患難見真友。
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
吃壹塹，長壹智。
A fair face may hide a foul heart.
人不可貌相。
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
名稱有什麽關系呢？玫瑰不叫玫瑰，依然芳香如故。——Shakespeare
There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
崇高與荒謬僅壹步之遙。——Napoleon
Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken.
即使所有的專家都壹致贊同，他們可能也錯了。——Bertrand Russell
Sometimes the most urgent and vital thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest.
有時候妳能做的最緊急重要的事情就是徹底休息。——Ashleigh Brilliant
Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land.
滴滴小水珠，顆顆小沙粒，會形成浩瀚的海洋與宜人的土地。——Julia Carney
Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea.
即使是最疲憊的河流，歷經曲折，也終會安然入海。 ——Swinburne
The history of mankind is the history of ideas.
人類的歷史就是思想的歷史。——Ludwig Von Mises
To believe with certainty,we must begin with doubting.
要完全相信，我們首先得懷疑。——Stanislaus
1、 life without a friend is a life without a sun.
人生沒有朋友，猶如生活沒有了太陽。
2、A man who has friends must show himself friendly.
要有朋友，必須以友誼待人。
3、No road is long with good company.
與良友為伴，路遙不覺遠。
4、Faith will move mountain.
精誠所至，金石為開。
5、It is better to be alone than in bad company.
與惡友交不如獨處。
6、Fine feathers make fine birds.
小鳥需要美麗的羽毛襯托。
7、Judge not according to the appearance.
勿以貌取人。
8、I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.
我不能同時是妳的朋友又為妳的阿諛奉承者。
9、Without confidence there is no friendship.
沒有信任就沒有友誼。
10、A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患難見真情。
11、A good friend is my nearest relation.
好友即至親。
12、Without a friend, the world is a wilderness.
沒有朋友，世界成了荒野。
13、The best mirror is a friend’s eye.
朋友的眼睛是最好的鏡子。
14、Success has many friends.
成功者朋友多。
15、Poverty tries friends.
貧窮考驗朋友。
16、Better without gold than without friends.
寧可沒有金錢，不可沒有朋友。
17、A friend to all is a friend to none.
濫交者無友。
18、All are not friends that speak us fair.
說我們好話的未必全是朋友。
19、A man is known by his friends.
視其友可知其人。
20、Better an open enemy than a false friend.
虛假的朋友比公開的敵人更壞。
21、Books and friends should be few but good.
書籍和朋友，在好不在多。
22、Friendship cannot stand always on one side.
單方面的友誼不久長。
23、Friends must part.
送君千裏，終須壹別。
24、A trouble shared is a trouble halved.
兩人分擔，困難減半。
25、A friend is easier lost than found.
朋友易失不易得。
26、Every man has his faults.
人都有缺點。
27、True friendship lasts forever.
真正的友誼地久天長。
28、Many hands make light work.
人多好辦事。
29、When a friend asks, there is no “tomorrow”.
朋友之求不可怠。
30、Even the best of friends must part.
天下無不散的宴席。
2、 Do not , for one repulse , give up the purpose that you resolved to effect .(William Shakespeare , British dramatist)
不要只因壹次失敗，就放棄妳原來決心想達到的目的。(英國劇作家 莎士比亞.W.)
Don't part with your illusions . When they are gone you may still exist , but you have ceased to live. (Mark Twain , American writer)
不要放棄妳的幻想。當幻想沒有了以後，妳還可以生存，但是妳雖生猶死。（(美國作家 馬克?吐溫)
Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal , there is no secure direction ; without direction , there is no life .( Leo Tolstoy , Russian writer)
理想是指路明燈。沒有理想，就沒有堅定的方向；沒有方向，就沒有生活。
(俄國作家 托爾斯泰. L .)
If you doubt yourself , then indeed you stand on shaky11 ground .（Ibsen , Norwegian dramatist )
如果妳懷疑自己，那麽妳的立足點確實不穩固了。 (挪威劇作家 易蔔生)
If you would go up high , then use your own legs ! Do not let yourselves carried aloft; do not seat yourselves on other people's backs and heads . (F. W . Nietzsche , German Philosopher)
如果妳想走到高處，就要使用自己的兩條腿！不要讓別人把妳擡到高處；不要坐在別人的背上和頭上。(德國哲學家 尼采. F. W.)
It is at our mother's knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest , but there is seldom any money in them.( Mark Twain , American writer )
就是在我們母親的膝上，我們獲得了我們的最高尚、最真誠和最遠大的理想，但是裏面很少有任何金錢。(美國作家 馬克?吐溫)
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
Alexander Dumas (Davy de La Pailleterie, French Writer)
生活沒有目標就像航海沒有指南針。 (法國作家 大仲馬. A.)
The important thing in life is to have a great aim , and the determination to attain it. (Johan Wolfgang von Goethe , German Poet and dramatist)
人生重要的事情就是確定壹個偉大的目標，並決心實現它。(德國詩人、戲劇家 歌德 . J . M .)
The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds .(Mark Twain , American writer)
具有新想法的人在其想法實現之前是個怪人。 (美國作家 馬克?吐溫)
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today .(Franklin Roosevelt , American president)
實現明天理想的唯壹障礙是今天的疑慮。 (美國總統 羅斯福. F .)
Genius only means hard-working all one's life .( Mendeleyer , Russian Chemist)
天才只意味著終身不懈的努力。 (俄國化學家 門捷列耶夫)
I have nothing to offer but blood , toil tears and sweat . (Winston Churchill, British Politician)
我所能奉獻的沒有其它，只有熱血、辛勞、眼淚與汗水。(英國政治家 丘吉爾 . W.)
Man errs so long as he strives. (Johan Wolfgang Goethe , German poet and dramatist)
人只要奮鬥就會犯錯誤。 (德國詩人、劇作家 歌德. J. W.)
Our destiny offers not the cup of despair , but the chalice of opportunity . (Richard Nixon, American President )
命運給予我們的不是失望之酒，而是機會之杯。(美國總統 尼克松 . R.)
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet . (Jean Jacques Rousseau , French thinker)
忍耐是痛苦的，但它的果實是甜蜜的。 (法國思想家 盧梭. J. J.)
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow .
(Emerson, American thinker )
進步是今天的活動、明天的保證。 (美國思想家 家默生)
The man who has made up his mind to win will never say "impossible ".
(Bonaparte Napoleon ,French emperor )
凡是決心取得勝利的人是從來不說“不可能的”。( 法國皇帝 拿破侖. B.)
To do whatever needs to be done to preserve this last and greatest bastion of freedom .(Ronald Reagan , American President )
為了保住這最後的、最偉大的自由堡壘，我們必須盡我們所能。(美國總統 裏根. R.)
We cannot always build the future for our youth , but we can build our youth for the future . (Franklin Roosevelt , American president )
我們不能總是為我們的青年造就美好未來，但我們能夠為未來造就我們的青年壹代。 (美國總統 羅斯福. F.)
Achievement provides the only real pleasure in life .( Thomas Edison , American inventor)
有所成就是人生唯壹的真正樂趣。( 美國發明家 愛迪生. T. )
But has the last word been said ? Is all hope to be lost ? Is the defeat final No !(Charles De Gaulle , French president )
但是難道敗局已定，勝利已經無望？不，不能這樣說！ (法國總統 戴高樂. C.)
I succeeded because I willed it ; I never hesitated .(Bonaparte Napoleon , French emperor )
我成功是因為我有決心，從不躊躇 。 (法國皇帝 拿破侖. B .)
Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily . (Friedrich Schiller , German Dramatist and poet).
只有有耐心圓滿完成簡單工作的人，才能夠輕而易舉地完成困難的事。(德國劇作家、詩人 席勒. F.)
Power invariably means both responsibility and danger .(Theodore Roosevelt , American president)
實力永遠意味著責任和危險。 (美國總統 羅斯福. T.)
Success covers a multitude of blunders .(George Bernard Shaw , British Dramatist)
成功由大量的失望鑄就。( 英國劇作家 肖伯納. G.)
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want , and if they cannot find them .they make them. (George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist )
在這個世界上，取得成功的人是那些努力尋找他們想要機會的人，如果找不到機會，他們就去創造機會。( 英國劇作家 肖伯納. G.)
You have to believe in yourself . That's the secret of success .(Charles Chaplin , American actor )
人必須相信自己，這是成功的秘訣。 (美國演員 卓別林. C.)
A light heart lives long .( William Shakespeare , British dramatist )
豁達者長壽。 (英國劇作家 莎士比亞. W.)
Early to bed and early to rise , makes a man healthy , wealthy and wise .(Benjamin Franklin , American president )
早睡早起會使人健康、富有和聰明。 (美國總統 富蘭克林. B.)
Sloth , like rust , consumes faster than labor wears .(Benjamin Franklin , American president)
懶惰像生銹壹樣，比操勞更能消耗身體。 (美國總統 富蘭克林. B.)
The first wealth is health .( Ralph Waldo Emerson , American thinker )
健康是人生第壹財富。 (美國思想家 愛默生. R. W.)
All the splendor 1 in the world is not worth a good friend .(Voltaire , French thinker)
人世間所有的榮華富貴不如壹個好朋友。 (法國思想家 伏爾泰)
Creditors 4 have better memories than debtors . (Benjamin Franklin , American president )
放債的比借債的記憶好。( 美國總統 富蘭克林. B.)
If you would know the value of money , go and try to borrow some .
(Benjamin Franklin , American president )
要想知道錢的價值，就想辦法去借錢試試。( 美國總統 富蘭克林. B.)
IMoney is a good servant and a bad master .(Francis Bacon , British philosopher )
金錢是善仆，也是惡主。( 英國哲學家 培根. F. )
Money is like muck , not good except it be spread .(Francis Bacon , British philosopher)
金錢好比糞肥，只有撒到在大地才是有用之物。(英國哲學家 培根. F.)
No country , however rich , can afford the waste of its human resources .(Franklin Roosevelt , American president)
任何壹個國家，不管它多麽富裕，都浪費不起人力資源。(美國總統 羅斯富. F.)
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing .(Albert Einstein , American scientist )
有時候壹個人為不花錢得到的東西付出的代價最高。(美國科學家 愛因斯坦. A.)
A lifetime of happiness ! No man alive could bear it ; it would be hell on earth .(G. Bernard Shaw ,British dramatist )
終身幸福！這是任何活著的人都無法忍受的，那將是人間地獄。(英國劇作家 肖伯納. G.)
Happiness is form courage .( H. Jackson , British writer )
幸福是勇氣的壹種形式。 (英國作家 傑克遜. H.)
Happy is the man who is living by his hobby .(G. Bernard Shaw , British dramatist )
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved .(
Victor Hugo , French novelist )
生活中最大的幸福是堅信有人愛我們。( 法國小說家 雨果. V .)
There is no paradise on earth equal to the union of love and innocence .(Jean Jacques Rousseau, French thinker )
人間最大的幸福莫如既有愛情又清白無暇。( 法國思想家 盧梭. J . J. )
To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune .(Bonaparte Napoleon , French emperor )
要真正了解壹個人，需在不幸中考察他。 (法國皇帝 拿破侖. B .)
At twenty years of age , the will reigns; at thirty , the wit ; and at forty , the judgment .(Benjamin Franklin ,American president)
二十歲時起支配作用的是意誌,三十歲時是機智,四十歲時是判斷。(美國總統 富蘭克林 . B.)
Do you love life ? Then do not squander time ; for that's the stuff5 life is made of .(Benjamin Franklin , American president )
妳熱愛生命嗎？那麽，別浪費時間，因為生命是由時間組成的。(美國總統 富蘭克林. B.)
Each moment in history is a fleeting time , precious and unique .(
Richard Nixon , American president )
歷史巨輪飛轉，分分秒秒的時間都十分寶貴，也獨具意義。(美國總統 尼克松. R.)
Fish and visitors smell three days .( Franklin Benjamin , American president )
魚放三天發臭，客住三天討嫌。 (美國總統 富蘭克林. B.)
I am a slow walker , but I never walk backwards .(Abraham Lincoln , American president)
我走得很慢，但是我從來不會後退。 (美國總統 林肯. A.)
If you want to understand today , you have to search yesterday .(
Pearl Buck , American female writer )
想要懂得今天，就必須研究昨天。(美國女作家 賽珍珠)
In delay there lies no plenty , Then come kiss me , sweet and twenty , Youth's a stuff that will not endure . (William Shakespeare , British dramatist)
遷延蹉跎，來日無多，二十麗姝，請來吻我，衰草枯楊，青春易過。(英國劇作家 莎士比亞. W.)