1、Constant dropping wears the stone. (滴水穿石。)
2、Experience is the mother of wisdom.(经验是智慧之母。)
3、Every man is his own worst enemy.(一个人最大的敌人就是他自 己。)
4、Saying and doing are two different things. (说和做是迥然不同的两回事。)
5、Actions speak louder than words. (行动比语言更响亮。)
6、From small beginnings comes great things. (伟大始于渺小。)
7、Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain. (智力投资绝不会白花。)
8、Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.(脑中有知识，胜过手中有金钱。)
9、The voice of one man is the voice of no one. (一个人的声音没有力量。)
10、A great ship asks for deep waters.(大船要走深水。)
11、While there is life, there is hope.(有生命便有希望/留得青山在，哪怕没柴烧)
12、Two heads are better than one. (一人不及二人智;三个臭皮匠，胜个过一个诸葛亮。)
13、Wise men learn by other men's mistakes; fools by their own.(聪明人从别人的错误中学得教训;笨人则自己付出代价。他山之石可以攻玉。)
14、Good company on the road is the shortest cut. (行路有良伴就是捷径。)
15、It takes all sorts to make a world. (世界是由各种不同的人所组成的。)
16、If a thing is worth doing it is worth worth doing well.(如果事情值得做，就值得好好做。)
17、Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.(无热情成就不了伟业。)
18、Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.(没有恒心只有力量是完不成伟业。)
19、It is never too late to learn. (活到老，学到老。)
20、It is never too late to mend. (亡羊补牢，犹时未晚。)
21、The secret of success is constancy of purpose.(成功的秘诀在于持之于恒。)
22、Misfortunes never come alone/single.(祸不单行。)
23、Misfortunes come on wings and depart on foot.(遭祸容易脱祸难。)
24、Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.(不经灾难不知福。)
25、To an optimist every change is a change for the better.(对于乐观者总是越变越好。)
26、Truth never fears investigation.(事实从来不怕调查。)
27、A good medicine tasks bitter.(良药苦口。)
28、Great minds think alike. (英雄所见略同。)
29、Storms make trees take deeper roots.(风暴使树木深深扎根。)
30、Live and let live. (自己生活也让别人生活。)
31、Better late than never. (迟做总比不做好;晚来总比不来强。)
32、A bold attempt is half success.(勇敢的尝试是成功的一半。)
33、All things are difficult before they are easy. (凡事必先难后易。)
34、What we acquire without sweat we give away without regret.(得之不费力，弃之不可惜。)
35、Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.(只要有一颗意志坚强的心，没事不成。)
36、Work makes the workman.(勤工出巧匠。)
37、Constant dropping wears the stone. (滴水穿石。)
38、He that can have patience, can have what he will.(唯坚韧者始能遂其志。)
39、Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failures.(我们绝大多数的失败都是因为缺乏自信之故。)
40、The talent of success is nothing more than doing well whatever you do without a thought of time.(成功之路没它，唯全力投入工作，而不稍存沽名钓誉之心。)
41、To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.(读书不思考，犹如吃饭不消化。)
42、The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.(人生之要事在于确立伟大的目标与实现这目标的决心。)
43、One of these days is none of these days.(有这么一天就是没有这么一天。/吾生待明日，万事成蹉跎。)
44、Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.(每匹马都认为自己所负的背包最重。)
45、Nothing down, nothing up. (无下则无上。/不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹?)
46、A good book is your best friend. (好书如挚友。)
47、Asking costs nothing. (问人不费分文。)
48、Ask me no questions and I will tell you no lies.(你不问我，我就不会说谎话。)
49、The tongue is boneless but it breaks bones. (舌无骨却折断骨。)
50、A good name is easier lost than won.(名誉失之易，而得之难。)
51、Every profession produces its own best(行行出状元。)
52、Today must borrow nothing of tomorrow. (今日事今日毕。)
A great poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight (P.B.Shelley, British poet)
伟大的诗篇即是永远喷出智慧和欢欣之水的喷泉。(英国诗人 雪莱 P B)
A novel is a mirror walking along a main road. (Stendhcl,French writer)
一部小说犹如一面在大街上走的镜子。(法国作家 司汤达)
A picture is a poem without words. (Horace, ancient Roman poet)
一幅画是一首没有文字的
A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin. (E.de Goncourt, French writer)
诗人是这样的人，他架起通向星星的梯子――一边爬梯子一边拉提琴。(法国作家 龚古尔 E)
A poet is born, not made. (L.A.Florus, Ancient Roman poet)
诗人靠天分，不是靠培养。(古罗马诗人 弗洛鲁 L A)
Any one who conducts an argument by appealing to authourity is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. (Da Vinci, Italian painter)
一个借着引经据典来辩论的人，不是在运用自己的才智，他是在运用自己的记忆力。(意大利画家 达?芬奇)
Art is a lie that tells the truth. (Picasso, Spanish painter)
美术是揭示真理的`谎言。(西班牙画家 毕加索)
Art is long, and time is fleeting. (Longfellow, American poet)
艺术是永恒的，时间则是瞬息即逝的。(美国诗人 朗费罗)
Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it ! (Robert Motherwell, American painter)
艺术远没有生活重要，但是没有艺术生活是多么乏味呀！(美国画家 马赦韦尔 R)
Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling theorist has experienced. (Len Tolstoy, Russian writer)
艺术不是手艺，它是艺术家的体验到的感情的传递。(俄国作家托尔斯泰。L)
Art is the mold of feeling as language is the mold of thought. (Susanne Langer, American philosopher)
艺术是感情的模制品，犹如语言是思想的模制品。(美国哲学家 兰格 S)
Art is the object of feeling, and the subject of nature. (S.K.langer, American philosopher and educator)
艺术是情感的客观表现。也是本性的主观反映。(美国哲学家、教育家 兰格 S K)
Art is the right hand of nature. The latter only gave us being, but the former made us men. (Friedrich Schiller, German poet)
艺术是自然的右手。自然只让我们存在，而艺术创造我们的人类。(德国诗人 席勒 F)
Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travel. (Theocore Dreser, American novelist)
好画犹如佳肴，只可意会，不可言传。(法国画家 弗拉曼克 M)
Good painting is like good cooking; it ca n be tasted, but not explained. (Maurice de vlaminck, French painter)
简单地说，伟大的文学就是包涵极其丰富意义的语言。(美国诗人 庞德 E)
Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree (Ezra Poud, American poet)
幽默被人正确地解释为“以诚挚表达感受，寓深思于嬉笑”。(美国诗人 庞德 E)
Humor has been well defined as thinking in fun while feeling in earnest. (Mark Twain, American novelist)
我写作只是为了增加自身的美。(美国作家 杰克?伦敦)
I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. (Jack London, American writer)
音乐要用心灵去听，用头脑去感觉。(法国作家 雨果 V)
In music one must think with the heart and feel with the bra
Birds of a feather flock together
物以类聚，人以群分。
He who commences many things finishes but a few
样样都搞，完成者少。
There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see ( Muggeridge )
没有黑暗这种东西，只有看不见而已。(马格里奇)
You cannot step twice into the same river
你不能两次踏入同一条河流。
Anger begins with folly, and ends in repentance
愤怒以愚蠢开始，以后悔告终。
Talents come from diligence, and knowledge is gained by accumulation
天才在于勤奋，知识在于积累。
The greater the man, the more restrained his anger
人越伟大，越能克制怒火。
If there were less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world ( O Wilde )
如果世界上少一些同情，世界上也就会少一些麻烦。(王尔德)
All lay load on the willing horse
人善被人欺，马善被人骑。
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue
勇气和坚定是美德的'精神与灵魂。
Do not, for one repulse, forgo the purpose that you resolved to effort ( Shakespeare )
不要只因一次挫败，就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的。(莎士比亚)
The man who has made up his mind to win will never say “ Impossible”( Napoleon )
凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能”的。(拿破仑)
One's sin will find one out
坏事终归要败露。
Beware beginning
以谨慎开始。
A day is a miniature of eternity ( Emerson )
一天是永恒的缩影。(爱默生)
Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them ( C Weizmann )
奇迹有时候是会发生的，但是你得为之拼命蒂努力。(魏茨曼)
It takes two to make a quarrel
一个巴掌拍不响。
single spark can start a prairie fire
星星之火，可以燎原。
A friend in need is a friend indeed
患难见真情。
Each man is the architect of his own fate
每个人都是自己命运的建筑师。
Don't trouble trouble till trouble troubles you
麻烦没有来找你，不要去找麻烦。
A good name is better than riches
声誉胜于财富。
Time is a bird for ever on the wing ( T W Robertson )
时间是一只永远在飞翔的鸟。(罗伯逊)
An open enemy is better than a hollow friend
宁有公开的敌人，不要虚伪的朋友。
Speech is the image of actions
语言是行动的反映。
It is always morning somewhere in the world
世界上总是有某个地方可以看到阳光。
If you do not learn to think when you are young, you may never learn ( Edison )
如果你年轻时不学会思考，那就永远不会。(爱迪生)
Strike the iron while it is hot
趁热打铁。
When shepherds quarrel, the wolf has a winning game
鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。
Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice ( L Blum )
品德可能仅仅在于有勇气作出抉择。(布鲁斯)
Haste trips over its own heels
忙易出错。
A watched pot never boils
心急喝不了热粥。
