A light heart lives long
静以修身。
All rivers run into sea
海纳百川。
All roads lead to Rome
条条大路通罗马。
A bully is always a coward
色厉内荏。
A cat has 9 lives
猫有九条命。
A cat may look at a king
人人平等。
A bad thing never dies
遗臭万年。
Knowledge is power
知识就是力量。
Life is but a span
人生苦短。
Money isn't everything
钱不是万能的。
Never say die
永不言败。
No cross, no crown
不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。
A close mouth catches no flies
病从口入。
A constant guest is never welcome
常客令人厌。
Actions speak louder than words
事实胜于雄辩。
Failure is the mother of success
失败是成功之母。
Adversity leads to prosperity
穷则思变。
Promise is debt
一诺千金。
Practice makes perfect
熟能生巧。
Every minute counts
分秒必争。
Health is happiness
健康就是幸福。
Hear all parties
兼听则明。
Strike while the iron is hot
趁热打铁
It's never too late to mend
亡羊补牢
There is no smoke without fire
无风不起浪
East or west，home is best
走东串西，还是家里好
Equal pay for equal work
同工同酬
Pride goes before a fall
骄兵必败
Reading makes a full man
读书使人完善
All roads lead to Roma
条条大道通罗马
Blood is thicker than water
血浓于水。
Blood will have blood
血债血偿。
Business is business
公事公办。
Cheats never prosper
骗人发不了财。
Bad news has wings
好事不出门，坏事传千里。
Barking dogs seldom bite
吠犬不咬人。
Content is better than riches
知足者常乐。
Creep before you walk
循序渐进。
Cry for the moon
海底捞月。
Custom is a second nature
习惯是后天养成的。
Custom makes all things easy
有个好习惯，事事皆不难。
Diamond cuts diamond
强中自有强中手。
Do as the Romans do
入乡随俗。
First think and then speak
先想后说。
Fools grow without watering
朽木不可雕。
Fool's haste is no speed
欲速则不达。
Fools has fortune
呆人有呆福。
It is hard to please all
众口难调。
It is never too old to learn
活到老，学到老。
Do it now
机不可失，时不再来。
Do nothing by halves
凡事不可半途而废。
Do as you would be done by
己所不欲，勿施于人。
Do well and have well
善有善报。
Each bird love to hear himself sing
孤芳自赏。
Easier said than done
说得容易，做得难。
Easy come, easy go
来也匆匆，去也匆匆。
Envy has no holidays
忌妒之人无宁日。
Better late than never
不怕慢，单怕站。
Love at first sight
一见钟情。
Like a rat in a hole
瓮中之鳖。
Like author, like book
文如其人。
Like father, like son
有其父必有其子。
Like for like
一报还一报。
Like knows like
惺惺相惜。
Love me, love my dog
爱屋及乌。
Make hay while the sun shines
良机勿失。
Measure for measure
针锋相对。
Pull the chestnut out of fire
火中取栗。
Put the cart before the horse
本末倒置。
Put your shoulder to the wheel
鼎力相助。
Reading enriches the mind
开卷有益。
Rome is not built in a day
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
Saying is one thing and doing another
言行不一。
Seeing is believing
眼见为实。
Seek the truth from facts
实事求是。
Still water run deep
静水常深。
Take things as they come
既来之，则安之。
Talking mends no holes
空谈无补。
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends
患难见真情。
Murder will out
纸包不住火。
Never fish in trouble water
不要混水摸鱼。
Never judge from appearances
不可以貌取人。
Misfortunes never come alone
祸不单行。
Even Homer sometimes nods
智者千虑，必有一失。
Even reckoning makes long friends
亲兄弟，明算账。
Every advantage has its disadvantage
有利必有弊。
A good beginning makes a good ending
善始者善终。
A good book is a good friend
好书如挚友。
A good fame is better than a good face
美名胜过美貌。
A good husband makes a good wife
夫善则妻贤。
A good medicine tastes bitter
良药苦口。
A great talker is a great liar
说大话者多谎言。
Beauty lies in the love's eyes
情人眼里出西施。
Be swift to hear, slow to speak
听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。
It never rains but it pours
不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。
Judge not from appearances
人不可貌相，海不可斗量。
Justice has long arms
天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
Kill two birds with one stone
一箭双雕。
Kings have long arms
普天之下，莫非王土。
Learn and live
活着，为了学习。
Learn not and know not
不学无术。
He knows most who speaks least
大智若愚。
He laughs best who laughs last
谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。
He sets the fox to keep the geese
引狼入室。
He that climbs high falls heavily
爬得越高，摔得越重。
He that will not work shall not eat
不劳动者不得食。
He who does not advance loses ground
逆水行舟，不进则退。
Learn to walk before you run
先学走，再学跑。
Let bygones be bygones
过去的就让它过去吧。
Harm set, harm get
害人害己。
Love is blind
爱情是盲目的。
Habit cures habit
心病还需心药医。
Let sleeping dogs lie
别惹麻烦。
Let the cat out of the bag
泄漏天机。
Lies can never changes fact
谎言终究是谎言。
Lies have short legs
谎言站不长。
Honesty is the best policy
做人诚信为本。
Great minds think alike
英雄所见略同。
Great men have great faults
英雄犯大错误。
Great men's sons seldom do well
富不过三代。
Great wits have short memories
贵人多忘事。
Greedy folks have long arms
心贪手长。
Guilty consciences make men cowards
做贼心虚。
Four eyes see more than two
集思广益。
Every day is not Sunday
好景不常在。
Every man has his weak side
人人都有弱点。
Every mother's child is handsome
孩子是自己的好。
Every potter praises hit pot
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。
Example is better then percept
说一遍，不如做一遍。
Experience must be bought
吃一堑，长一智。
Fact speak louder than words
事实胜于雄辩。
Far from eye, far from heart
眼不见，心不烦。
Far water does not put out near fire
远水救不了近火。
Fear always springs from ignorance
恐惧源于无知。
Fields have eyes, and woods have ears
隔墙有耳。
Fire and water have no mercy
水火无情。
No sweet without sweat
先苦后甜。
Not to advance is to go back
不进则退。
No smoke without fire
无风不起浪。
Nothing brave, nothing have
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
No way is impossible to courage
勇者无惧。
Once bitten, twice shy
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
One's words reflect one's thinking
言为心声。
Out of debt, out of danger
无债一身轻。
Out of office, out of danger
无官一身轻。
Out of sight, out of mind
眼不见，心为静。
Patience is the best remedy
忍耐是良药。
Penny wise, pound foolish
贪小便宜吃大亏。
Pleasure comes through toil
苦尽甘来。
Pour water into a sieve
竹篮子打水一场空。
Praise is not pudding
恭维话不能当饭吃。
Prefer loss to unjust gain
宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。
Prevention is better than cure
预防胜于治疗。
Time tries all
路遥知马力，日久见人心。
To err is human
人非圣贤，孰能无过。
The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts
人言可畏。
Think twice before you do
三思而后行。
Things at the worst will mend
否极泰来。
Time and tide wait for no man
时不我待。
Time cures all things
时间是医治一切创伤的良药。
Time flies
光阴似箭。
Time is money
时间就是金钱。
Unity is strength
团结就是力量。
Troubles never come singly
福无双至，祸不单行。
Truth never grows old
真理永存。
Turn over a new leaf
洗心革面，改过自新。
Two heads are better than one
一个好汉三个帮。
Two of a trade seldom agree
同行是冤家。
Well begun is half done
好的开始，是成功的一半。
Wet behind the ears
乳臭未干。
What's done cannot be undone
生米煮成熟饭了。
What's lost is lost
失者不可复得。
Walls have ears
小心隔墙有耳。
What we do willingly is easy
愿者不难。
Whom the gods love die young
好人不长命。
Work makes the workman
勤工出巧匠。
Where there is a will, there is a way
有志者事竟成。
Don′t judge a person by the clothes he wears
不能以貌取人
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
知音难觅。
A new broom sweeps clean
新官上任三把火。
A miss is as good as a mile
失之毫厘，差之千里。
A mother's love never changes
母爱永恒。
All that ends well is well
结果好，就一切都好。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit
吃一堑，长一智。
A fox may grow gray, but never good
江山易改，本性难移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed
患难见真情。
A friend is easier lost than found
得朋友难，失朋友易。
A good conscience is a soft pillow
不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
A friend is never known till a man has need
需要之时方知友。
After you is good manners
“您先请”是礼貌。
A good beginning is half done
良好的开端是成功的一半。
A bad beginning makes a bad ending
不善始者不善终。
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time
一心不能二用。
A hedge between keeps friendship green
君子之交淡如水。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him
众口铄金，积毁销骨。
God helps those who help themselves
自助者天助。
Gold will not buy anything
黄金并非万能。
Good health is over wealth
健康是最大的财富。
Good watch prevents misfortune
谨慎消灾。
Great barkers are no biters
好狗不挡道。
Great hopes make great man
伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。
Handsome is he who does handsomely
行为漂亮才算美。
Happiness takes no account of time
欢乐不觉时光过。
Happy is he who owes nothing
要想活得痛快，身上不能背债。
Hasty love, soon cold
一见钟情难维久。
Health is better than wealth
健康胜过财富。
He is a fool that forgets himself
愚者忘乎所以。
He is wise that is honest
诚实者最明智。
He who risks nothing gains nothing
收获与风险并存。
History repeats itself
历史往往重演。
A friend without faults will never be found
没有十全十美的朋友。
A merry heart goes all the way
心旷神怡，事事顺利。
As a man sows, so he shall reap
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
A snow year, a rich year
瑞雪兆丰年。
A sound mind in a sound body
健全的精神寓于健康的身体。
A still tongue makes a wise head
寡言者智。
A stitch in time saves nine
小洞不补，大洞吃苦。
A leopard cannot change its spots
积习难改。
A little body often harbors a great soul
浓缩的都是精品。
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
一知半解，自欺欺人。
A little pot is soon hot
狗肚子盛不得四两油。
All are brave when the enemy flies
敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。
All good things come to an end
天下没有不散的筵席。
A man is known by his friends
什么人交什么朋友。
All that glitters is not gold
闪光的不一定都是金子。
All things are difficult before they are easy
凡事总是由难而易。
A man becomes learned by asking questions
不耻下问才能有学问。
A man can do no more than he can
凡事都应量力而行。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away
一天一苹果，不用请医生。
Courtesy on one side only lasts not long
来而不往非礼也。
Doing is better than saying
与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。
Don't claim to know what you don't know
不要不懂装懂。
Don't have too many irons in the fire
不要揽事过多。
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill
不要小题大做。
Don't put the cart before the horse
不要本末倒置。
Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you
不要自找麻烦。
Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs
不要班门弄斧。
Cannot see the wood for the trees
一叶障目，不见泰山。
Care and diligence bring luck
谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。
Caution is the parent of safety
小心驶得万年船。
Come what may, heaven won't fall
做你的吧，天塌不下来。
A wise head makes a close mouth
真人不露相，露相非真人。
A word spoken is past recalling
一言既出，驷马难追。
A year's plan starts with spring
一年之计在于春。
A young idler, an old beggar
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
Better to ask the way than go astray
问路总比迷路好。
Between friends all is common
朋友之间不分彼此。
Birds of a feather flock together
物以类聚，人以群分。
Children are what the mothers are
耳濡目染，身教言传。
Choose an author as you choose a friend
择书如择友。
Business is the salt of life
事业是人生的第一需要。
Constant dripping wears away a stone
水滴石穿，绳锯木断。
Every dog has his day
谁都有得意的时候。
Every heart has its own sorrow
各人有各人的苦恼。
Every little helps a mickle
聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。
Every man has his faults
金无足赤，人无完人。
Every man has his hobbyhorse
萝卜青菜，各有所爱。
Fire is a good servant but a bad master
火是一把双刃剑。
First come, first served
先来后到。
First impressions are half the battle
初次见面，印象最深。
It is no use crying over spilt milk
覆水难收。
It is the first step that costs troublesome
万事开头难。
Forbidden fruit is sweet
禁果格外香。
Friends agree best at distance
朋友之间也会保持距离。
Friends are thieves of time
朋友是时间的窃贼。
Friends must part
再好的朋友也有分手的时候。
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too
杀鸡取卵。
If you venture nothing, you will have nothing
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it
要想求知，就得吃苦。
Industry is the parent of success
勤奋是成功之母。
It is better to die when life is a disgrace
宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。
It is easier to get money than to keep it
挣钱容易攒钱难。
It is easy to be wise after the event
事后诸葛亮好当。
Life is half spent before we know what it is
人过半生，方知天命。
Life is not all roses
人生并不是康庄大道。
Life without a friend is death
没有朋友，虽生犹死。
Like mother, like daughter
有其母必有其女。
Like teacher, like pupil
什么样的老师教什么样的学生。
Like tree, like fruit
羊毛出在羊身上。
Little things amuse little minds
小人无大志。
Look before you leap
摸清情况再行动。
Lookers-on see more than players
当局者迷，旁观者清。
Losers are always in the wrong
胜者为王，败者为寇。
Lost time is never found again
岁月既往，一去不回。
Love cannot be compelled
爱情不能强求。
Love is full of trouble
爱情充满烦恼。
Love is never without jealousy
没有妒忌就没有爱情。
Make your enemy your friend
化敌为友。
Man is the soul of the universe
人是万物之灵。
Man proposes, God disposes
谋事在人，成事在天。
Many hands make light work
众人拾柴火焰高。
Many heads are better than one
三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。
Nature is the true law
天行有常，不为尧存，不为桀亡。
Necessity is the mother of invention
需要是发明的动力。
New wine in old bottles
旧瓶装新酒。
No garden without its weeds
没有不长草的园子。
No living man all things can
世上没有万事通。
No man can do two things at once
一心不可二用。
No man is born wise or learned
没有生而知之者。
No man is content
人心不足蛇吞象。
No man is wise at all times
聪明一世，糊涂一时。
None are so blind as those who won't see
视而不见。
None are so deaf as those who won't hear
充耳不闻。
No news is good news
没有消息就是好消息。
No one can call back yesterday
昨日不会重现。
No pains, no gains
没有付出就没有收获。
No pleasure without pain
没有苦就没有乐。
No rose without a thorn
没有不带刺的玫瑰。
Nothing dries sooner than a tear
眼泪干得最快。
Nothing seek, nothing find
没有追求就没有收获。
To know oneself is true progress
人贵有自知之明。
Tomorrow never comes
我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。
Too much familiarity breeds contempt
过分熟悉会使人互不服气。
Too much knowledge makes the head bald
学问太多催人老。
Too much liberty spills all
自由放任，一事无成。
Offense is the best defense
进攻是最好的防御。
Old friends and old wines are best
陈酒味醇，老友情深。
Old sin makes new shame
一失足成千古恨。
Once a man and twice a child
一次老，两次小。
Once a thief, always a thief
偷盗一次，做贼一世。
One cannot put back the clock
时钟不能倒转。
One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays
百闻不如一见。
One false move may lose the game
一着不慎，满盘皆输。
One good turn deserves another
行善积德。
One hour today is worth two tomorrow
争分夺秒效率高。
One man's fault is other man's lesson
前车之鉴。
One never loses anything by politeness
讲礼貌不吃亏。
One swallow does not make a summer
一燕不成夏。
Pride goes before, and shame comes after
骄傲使人落后。
Set a thief to catch a thief
以贼捉贼。
Short accounts make long friends
好朋友勤算账。
Something is better than nothing
聊胜于无。
Soon learn, soon forgotten
学得快，忘得快。
Soon ripe, soon rotten
熟得快，烂得快。
Speech is silver, silence is gold
能言是银，沉默是金。
Strike the iron while it is hot
趁热打铁。
Success belongs to the persevering
坚持就是胜利。
Talk of the devil and he will appear
说曹操，曹操就到。
Tall trees catch much wind
树大招风。
Teach others by your example
躬亲示范。
The best hearts are always the bravest
无私者无畏。
The best man stumbles
伟人也有犯错时。
The end makes all equal
死亡面前，人人平等。
The eye is bigger than the belly
贪多嚼不烂。
The fox preys farthest from home
兔子不吃窝边草。
The finest diamond must be cut
玉不琢，不成器。
The style is the man
字如其人。
The die is cast
木已成舟。
The cat shuts its eyes when stealing
掩耳盗铃。
The danger past and God forgotten
过河拆桥。
The darkest hour is nearest the dawn
黎明前的黑暗。
The darkest place is under the candlestick
烛台底下最暗。
The devil knows many things because he is old
老马识途。
The devil sometimes speaks the truth
魔鬼有时也会说真话。
The early bird catches the worm
早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
The end justifies the means
只要目的正当，可以不择手段。
The grass is greener on the other side
这山望着那山高。
The higher up, the greater the fall
爬得高，摔得惨。
The leopard cannot change its spots
本性难移。
The more noble, the more humble
人越高尚，越谦虚。
The more wit, the less courage
初生牛犊不怕虎。
The outsider sees the most of the game
旁观者清。
The pen is mightier than the sword
笔能杀人。
The pot calls the kettle black
五十步笑百步。
There are spots in the sun
太阳也有黑点。
There are two sides to every question
问题皆有两面。
There is a skeleton in the cupboard
家家有本难念的经。
Time lost cannot be won again
时光流逝，不可复得。
Time past cannot be called back again
时间不能倒流。
Where there is life, there is hope
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
Observation is the best teacher
观察是最好的老师。
Too much praise is a burden
过多夸奖，反成负担。
To save time is to lengthen life
节约时间就是延长生命。
Touch pitch, and you will be defiled
常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。
Two wrongs do not make a right
别人错了，不等于你对了。
Unpleasant advice is a good medicine
忠言逆耳利于行。
Until all is over one's ambition never dies
不到黄河心不死。
Venture a small fish to catch a great one
吃小亏占大便宜。
Virtue is fairer far than beauty
美德远远胜过美貌。
Wash your dirty linen at home
家丑不可外扬。
Wealth is nothing without health
失去健康，钱再多也没用。
When in Rome, do as the Romans do
入国问禁，入乡随俗。
When sorrow is asleep, wake it not
伤心旧事别重提。
When wine is in truth, wit is out
酒后吐真言。
Where there is smoke, there is fire
事出有因。
You cannot eat your cake and have it
鱼与熊掌，不可得兼。
You may know by a handful the whole sack
由一斑可知全貌。