1. I think success has no rules， but you can learn a lot from failure。我认为成功没有定律，但你可从失败中学到很多东西。

1. I believe that success has no set rules, but you can learn a great deal from failure.

2. A book is a mirror ，if an ass peers into it，you can't expect an apostle to look out。书是一面镜子，如果一只驴子向里面窥视，你不可能指望正往外看的是圣徒。

2. A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out. Translation: A book is like a mirror; if a donkey peeks into it, you cannot expect to see an apostle looking out from the other side.

3. Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are， is true enough， but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread。告诉我你读，我会告诉你，你是谁，是没错，但我知道你更好，如果你告诉我你重读。

3. "Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are" is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread.

4. It is ill jesting with edged tools。手持利器，不可打闹。

4. It is ill jesting with edged tools. Playing around with sharp tools is not advisable.

5. Isn't it a happy thing if you review what you have learned on time？学而时习之，不亦乐乎？

5. Isn't it a joyous thing if you review what you have learned on time? "To learn and then to practice what you have learned at the right time, isn't that also a delight?"

6. The secret of success is constancy to purpose。成功的秘密在于始终如一地忠于目标。

6. The secret of success lies in constancy to purpose.

7. He who has an art has everywhere a part。一招鲜，吃遍天。

7. He who has an art has everywhere a part. — A unique skill can take you anywhere.

8. Hide not your light under a bushel。不要把你的烛光藏在笆斗下。

8. Do not hide your light under a bushel.

9. Keep something for a rainy day。未雨绸缪。

9. Keep something for a rainy day. Prepare for the worst before it happens.

10. Rome was not built in a day。罗马不是一日建成的。

10. Rome was not built in a day.

11. Can man be free if woman is a slave？ 妇女当牛做马，男子焉能自由？

11. Can man be free if woman is a slave? If women are treated as beasts of burden, how can men be free?

12. Virtue never grows old。美德常青。

12. Virtue never grows old.

13. Until you make peace with who you are， you'll never be content with what you have。除非你能和真实的自己和平相处，否则你永远不会对已拥有的东西感到满足。

13. Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have. Unless you can come to terms with the real you, you will never be satisfied with what you possess.

14. The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work。只有在字典中，成功才会出现在工作之前。

14. The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work. Only in the dictionary does success appear before work.

15. Meet plot with plot。将计就计。

15. Meet plot with plot. Use counterplots to counterplots.

16. Poverty is stranger to industry。勤劳之人不受穷。

16. Poverty is a stranger to industry.勤劳之人不受穷.

17. After you have read more than ten thousand volumes， you will find it easy to write as if God were there helping you。读书破万卷，下笔如有神。

17. After you have read more than ten thousand volumes, you will find it easy to write as if God were there helping you. "Read ten thousand books and your writing will flow with divine inspiration."

18. You make the failure complete when you stop trying。当你停止尝试的时候，你就完全失败了。

18. You make the failure complete when you stop trying. When you stop trying, you have completely failed.

19. Experience is the best teacher。实践出真知。

19. Experience is the best teacher. - Practice is the best way to gain true knowledge.

20. A birbe will enter without knocking。**毋须敲门而入。

20. A birbe will enter without knocking. **A birbe will enter without knocking.**

21. Don't aim for success if you want it；just do what you love and believe in， and it will come naturally。如果你想要成功，不要去追求成功；尽管做你自己热爱的事情并且相信它，成功自然到来。

21. Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. If you seek success, do not chase after it; instead, do what you are passionate about and have faith in, and success will come naturally.

22. Reading， to most people， means an as hamed way of killing time disguised under a dignified name。读书对大多数人而言是高尚的名称掩盖下消磨时间的可耻方式。

22. Reading, to most people, means a shameless way of killing time disguised under a dignified name.

23. Think great thoughts and you will be great！心怀伟大的理想，你将会变得伟大。

23. Think great thoughts and you will be great!

24. Out of sight， out of mind。眼不见，心不烦。

24. Out of sight, out of mind. Out of sight, out of mind. (This is a direct translation of the Chinese proverb, but it's worth noting that the English phrase is often used to express the sentiment that if something is not seen, it is not a concern or worry.)

25. Command your man and do it yourself。要求部下做到，自己也要做到。

25. Command your men and do it yourself as well.

26. Ignorance is not innocence but sin。无知并非纯真，而是罪恶。

26. Ignorance is not innocence but sin.

27. It is never too late to mend。亡羊补牢，犹未为晚。

27. It is never too late to mend. The saying goes, "It's not too late to patch a broken pot."

28. It takes all sorts to make a world。世界是由各式各样的人组成的。

28. It takes all sorts to make a world. The world is made up of all sorts of people.

29. It never will rain roses。When we want to have more roses we must plant trees。天上不会掉下玫瑰来，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必须自己种植。

29. It will never rain roses. When we want to have more roses, we must plant trees. Roses do not fall from the sky, and if we want more roses, we must plant them ourselves.

30. Home is home，be it never so homely。金窝银窝，不如自家的草窝。

30. Home is home, no matter how humble it may be. Gold nests and silver nests, they are not as good as one's own grass nest.

31. Time is a bird for ever on the wing。时间是一只永远在飞翔的鸟。

31. Time is a bird ever on the wing.

32. Don't put the cart before the horse。不要把车套在马前头。

32. Don't put the cart before the horse. Don't do things in the wrong order or try to achieve something before the necessary conditions are in place.

33. Man proposes， God disposes。谋事在人，成事在天。

33. Man proposes, God disposes. As the saying goes, "Matters are planned by men, but their outcomes are decided by fate."

34. He that knows little soon repeats it。知识浅薄者，很快就回重复他所知的话题。

34. He that knows little soon repeats it. One who lacks knowledge soon repeats what he knows.

35. Do you love life ？ Then do not squander time；for that's the stuff life is made of。你热爱生命吗？那么，别浪费时间，因为生命是由时间组成的。

35. Do you love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the essence of life. You love life, don't you? Then don't waste time; for that is what life is composed of.

36. East or west， home is the best。东奔西跑，还是家里好。

36. East or west, home is the best. No matter where you run to, home is always the best.

37. It six of one and half a dozen of the other。彼此彼此。

37. It's six of one and half a dozen of the other. It's all the same to me.