不善始者不善終。 A bad thing never dies.
遺臭萬年。 A bad workman always blames his tools.
不會撐船怪河彎。 A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
壹鳥在手勝過雙鳥在林。 A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛與說謊本是同宗。 A bully is always a coward.
色厲內荏。 Actions speak louder than words.
事實勝於雄辯。 Adversity leads to prosperity.
窮則思變。 Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
逆境出人才。 A fair death honors the whole life.
死得其所，流芳百世。 A faithful friend is hard to find.
知音難覓。 A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
吃壹塹，長壹智。 A fox may grow gray, but never good.
江山易改，本性難移。 A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患難見真情。 A friend is easier lost than found.
得朋友難，失朋友易。 A friend is never known till a man has need.
需要之時方知友。 A friend without faults will never be found.
沒有十全十美的朋友。 "After you" is good manners.
“您先請”是禮貌。 A good beginning is half done.
良好的開端是成功的壹半。 A good beginning makes a good ending.
善始者善終。 A good book is a good friend.
好書如摯友。 A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
壹本好書，相伴壹生。 A good conscience is a soft pillow.
不做虧心事，不怕鬼叫門。 A good fame is better than a good face.
美名勝過美貌。 A good husband makes a good wife.
夫善則妻賢。 A good medicine tastes bitter.
良藥苦口。 A good wife health is a man's best wealth.
妻賢身體好是男人最大的財富。 A great talker is a great liar.
說大話者多謊言。 A hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。 A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
戲謔不能化敵為友，只能使人失去朋友。 A leopard cannot change its spots.
積習難改。 A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
說謊者即使講真話也沒人相信。 A light heart lives long.
靜以修身。 A little body often harbors a great soul.
濃縮的都是精品。 A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
壹知半解，自欺欺人。 A little pot is soon hot.
狗肚子盛不得四兩油。 All are brave when the enemy flies.
敵人逃竄時，人人都成了勇士。 All good things come to an end.
天下沒有不散的筵席。 All rivers run into sea.
海納百川。 All roads lead to Rome.
條條大路通羅馬。 All that ends well is well.
結果好，就壹切都好。 All that glitters is not gold.
閃光的不壹定都是金子。 All things are difficult before they are easy.
凡事總是由難而易。 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只會用功不玩耍，聰明孩子也變傻。 A man becomes learned by asking questions.
不恥下問才能有學問。 A man can do no more than he can.
凡事都應量力而行。 A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
壹心不能二用。 A man is known by his friends.
什麽人交什麽朋友。 A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
光說空話不做事，猶如花園光長刺。 A man without money is no man at all.
壹分錢難倒英雄漢。 A merry heart goes all the way.
心曠神怡，事事順利。 A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫厘，差之千裏。 A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火。 An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
以眼還眼，以牙還牙。 An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
壹日之計在於晨。 An ounce of luck is bet As a man sows, so he shall reap.
種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。 A single flower does not make a spring.
壹花獨放不是春，百花齊放春滿園。 A still tongue makes a wise head.
寡言者智。 A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不補，大洞吃苦。 A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
身正不怕影子斜。 A wise head makes a close mouth.
真人不露相，露相非真人。 A word spoken is past recalling.
壹言既出，駟馬難追。 A year's plan starts with spring.
壹年之計在於春。 A young idler, an old beggar.
少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。 Bad news has wings.
好事不出門，壞事傳千裏。 Better to ask the way than go astray.
問路總比迷路好。 Between friends all is common.
朋友之間不分彼此。 Birds of a feather flock together.
物以類聚，人以群分。 Blood is thicker than water.
血濃於水。 Blood will have blood.
血債血償。 Books and friends should be few but good.
讀書如交友，應求少而精。 Business is business.
公事公辦。 Business is the salt of life.
事業是人生的第壹需要。 By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.
讀書使人充實，交談使人精明。 Cannot see the wood for the trees.
壹葉障目，不見泰山。 Care and diligence bring luck.
謹慎和勤奮才能抓住機遇。 Caution is the parent of safety.
小心駛得萬年船。 Cheats never prosper.
騙人發不了財。 Children are what the mothers are.
耳濡目染，身教言傳。 Choose an author as you choose a friend.
擇書如擇友。 Come what may, heaven won't fall.
做妳的吧，天塌不下來。 Complacency is the enemy of study.
學習的敵人是自己的滿足。