Weak men wait for opportunity, but the strong men make it. 若者等待机会，强者创造机会。
We all do fade as a leaf. 我们都要像树叶一样枯萎。
You can't eat your cake and have it. 不能既要吃饼，又要把饼保存。
You can't make omelets (or omeletts) without breaking eggs. 有失才有得。
You have no goats, and yet you sell kids. 你虽无老山羊，却出卖小山羊。
Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. 有热情而无知识，犹如有火焰而无光芒。
Happy is he that is happy in childhood. 童年时代快乐的人是幸福的。
Happy is he that is happy in his children. 对自己孩子感到高兴的，才是幸福的人。
Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth. 记得青年时所做的愚笨事的人是幸福的。
Hasty love is soon hot and soon cold. 草草率率谈恋爱，热得快也冷得快。
Hasty love, soon cold. 匆忙的爱情冷得快。
Idle folks have most labour. 懒汉总嫌活太多。
Idle folks lack no excuses. 懒汉辩解，何患无词。
Idle folks have most labour. 懒汉总嫌活太多。
Idle folks lack no excuses. 懒汉辩解，何患无词。
Joy put heart into a man. 人逢喜事精神爽。
Judge not a book by its cover. 人不可貌相。
Judge not according to the appearance. 不要以貌取人。
Keep your breath to cool your porridge. 少管闲事。
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open. 要多看少说。
Kill the goose that laid the golden egg. 杀鸡取蛋。
Knowledge is long, life is short. 吾生有涯，而知无涯。
Laugh before breakfast you'll cry before supper. 乐极生悲。
Law makers should not be law breakers. 正人先正己。
Laws catch flies but let hornets go free. 法网只捉苍蝇，不捉黄蜂。
Learn to creep before you leap. 循序渐进。
Learn to say before you sing. 按部就班。
Make hay while the sun shines. 趁热打铁。
Make the best of a bad business (or job or bargain) 身处山穷水尽，力争柳暗花明。
Man is a tool-using animal. 人是用器之兽。
Man is mortal. 人生谁无死。
Mills of God grind slowly but sure. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
Money is the root of all evil. 金钱是万恶之源。
Money is the sinews of war. 无钱莫打仗。
Money makes the mare to go. 钱可通神。
No man (or one) is born wise or learned. 人非生而知之者。
No man is content. 人心是不满足的。
No man loves his fetters be they made of gold. 即使脚镣黄金铸，无人爱上这刑具。
No money, no honey. 没有金钱，就没有爱情。
No way is impossible to courage 勇敢面前没有通不过的路。
No wisdom like silence. 智者寡言。
Now or never. 机不可失，失不再来。
Old birds are not caught with new nests. 新巢捉不到老鸟。
Old birds are not to be caught with shaft. 老谋是不会失算的。
Old love will not be forgotten. 旧情永难忘。
Old vessels must leak. 旧船必漏。
Patience is a virtue. 忍耐是一种美德。
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. 忍耐是苦痛的，但它的果实是甜蜜的。
Patience is the best remedy (or medicine). 忍耐是最好的药物。
Penny wise and pound foolish. 小事聪明，大事糊涂。
People do not lack strength; they lack will. 人们不缺力量，缺的是决心。
Quality is better than quantity. 质重于量。
Quality matters more than quantity. 质量比数量重要。
Quarrels of lovers but renew their love. 情人争争吵吵，自会言归于好。
Quick at meal, quick at work. 吃得快，做得快。
Read not books alone, but men. 不要光是读书，还要识人。
Ready money is a ready medicine. 现钱等于成药。
Rest breeds rust. 停止须生锈。
Riches do not always bring happiness. 富未必永远带幸福。
Save a thief from gallows and he will help hang you. 放虎归山。
Save while you may, no morning sun lasts a whole day. 能节俭时就节俭，朝阳难照一整天。
Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. 朋比为奸。
Second thoughts are best. 三思而行，再思可也。
Seeing is believing. 眼见为实。
Take one thing with another. 由此及彼。
Take the rough with the smooth. 既能享乐也能吃苦。
Take the world as it is. 随遇而安。
Tall trees catch much wind. 树大招风。
Tastes differ. 众口难调。
Teaching others teaches yourself. 教学相长。
Time reveals all things. 时间会揭露一切。
Time tames the strongest grief. 时间可以冲淡最强烈的悲伤。
Time tries all. 时间检验一切。
Time tries truth. 时间考验真理。
Union is strength. 团结就是力量。
Until all is over one's ambition never dies. 不到黄河心不死。
Use a book as a bee does flowers. 读书如蜜蜂采花，吸取其中之精华。
Virtue is a jewel of great price. 美德是无价之宝。
Virtue is fairer far than beauty. 美德远比美丽更美好。
Virtue is her (or its) own reward. 为善最乐。
Virtue is the only true nobility. 唯有美德是真正高贵的。
Wash a dog, comb a dog, Still a dog, remains a dog. 本性难移。
( 1 ) The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up水能载舟，亦能覆舟
( 2 ) Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion宁为鸡头，不为凤尾
( 3 ) A stitch in time saves nine防微杜渐
( 4 ) Diamond cuts diamond强中更有强中手
( 5 ) The early bird catches the worm捷足先登
( 6 ) Whatever you go， go with all your heart无论做什么事，一定要全力以赴The good seaman is known in bad weather惊涛骇浪，方显英雄本色
( 7 ) Where there is life， there is hope留得青山在，不怕没柴少
( 8 ) All thing are difficult before they are easy万事开头难
( 9 ) 不入虎穴，焉得虎子Noting venture，noting gain
( 10 ) 不鸣则已，一鸣惊人It never rains but it pours
( 11 ) 胜者为王，败者为寇Losers are always in the wrong
( 12 ) 谋事在人，成事在天Man proposes，God deposes
( 13 ) 众人拾柴火焰高Many hands make light work
( 14 ) 金钱不是万能的Money is not everything
( 15 ) 时不我待Time and tide wait no man
( 16 ) 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲A young idler，an old beggar
( 17 ) 趁热打铁Strike while the iron is hot
( 18 ) 天生我才必有用Every man has his price
( 19 ) 看破生死的人能成大事He who sees through life and death will meet with most success
( 20 ) 世上无难事，只要肯登攀Nothing is impossible to a willing heart
( 21 ) When in Rome， do as the Romans do入乡随俗
( 22 ) Knowledge is a measure， but practise is the key to it知识是珍宝，而实践是获取它的钥匙
( 23 ) Lost time is never found again光阴一去不复返
( 24 ) Difficulties strengthen the mind， as labour does the body劳动强体，磨难强智
( 25 ) Behind bad luck comes good luck塞翁失马，焉知非福
( 26 ) All for one， one for all我为人人，人人为我
( 27 ) Treat other people as you hope they will treat you己所不欲，勿施于人
( 28 ) Suspicion is the poison of friendship怀疑是对友谊所下的毒药
( 29 ) He laughs best who laughs last谁笑到最后，谁笑得最美
( 30 ) Follow your own course， and let people talk走自己的路，让别人说去吧
( 31 ) Initiative is doing the right thing without being told主动性就是在没有人告诉时做正确的事情
( 32 ) Think twice before acting三思而后行
( 33 ) Adversity reveals genius， fortune conceals it苦难显才华，好运藏天知
( 34 ) 不经风雨，怎能见彩虹 No cross， no crown
( 35 ) 没有付出，就没有收获No pain， no gain
( 36 ) 不进则退Not to advance is to go back
( 37 ) No way is impossible to courage勇者无惧
( 38 ) 闪光的不一定是黄金All is not gold that glitters/All that glitters is not gold
( 39 ) The strong pass of the enemy is like a wall of iron，yet with firm strides we are conquring its summit雄关漫道真如铁，而今迈步从头越
( 40 ) My journey is long and winding， I will keep on exploring my way far and wide路漫漫其修远兮，我将上下而求索
( 41 ) A rolling stone gathers no moss滚石不聚苔，转行不聚财
( 42 ) Life is not all roses人生并不都是康庄大道
( 43 ) Heaven never seals off all the exits天无绝人之路
( 44 ) Is it not a joy to have friends come from afar?
( 45 ) Reading is always profitable开卷有益
( 46 ) A gentleman acts on behalf of an understanding friend，as a woman makes herself beautiful for her lover士为知己者用，女为说悦己者容
( 47 ) Actions speak louder that words事实胜于雄辩
( 48 ) Mastery of work comes from diligent application， and success deponds on forethought业精于勤，行成于思
( 49 ) 有志者，事竟成Nothing is impossible to a willing heart/Where there is a will there is a way
( 50 ) 千里之行，始于足下The longest journey begins with the first step
