1. A friend is best found in adversity. 患难见真友。

2. A fool's heart dances on his lips. 愚人心坦荡，挂在嘴唇上。

3. A cock is valiant on his own dunghill. 夜郎自大。

4. A cheerful wife is the joy of life. 快乐的妻子是生活的乐事。

5. A fault confessed is half redressed. 承认错误，等于改正一半。

6. A fair death honours the whole life. 死得光明，终身荣耀。

7. A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 闻其歌知其鸟，听其言知其人。

8. After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a while. 午饭后要坐，晚饭后要走。

9. A bad penny always turns up.烂钱总是会再回笼

10. Adversity leads to prosperity. 逆境迎向昌盛。

11. A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out. 一愚所失，百智难回。

12. A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone. 骨头打狗狗不叫。

13. A bad thing never dies. 坏事传千年。

14. A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. 秋波送盲，白费痴情。

15. A friend exaggerates a man's virtue, an enemy his crimes. 朋友宣扬人的美德，敌人夸大人的罪过。

16. A flow of words is no proof of wisdom. 口若悬河不能作为才智的证明。

17. A clear conscience is a soft pillow. 问心无愧，高枕无忧。

18. A creaking door hangs long on its hinges. 户枢不蠹。

19. A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. 愚者所问，智者难答。

20. A bargain is a bargain. 达成的协议不可撕毁。

21. After a storm comes a calm. 否极泰来。

22. A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入，祸从口出。

23. A fool always rushes to the fore. 傻瓜总爱强出头。

24. A clear conscience is a sure card. 光明磊落，胜券在握。

25. A fool may give a wise man counsel. 愚者千虑，必有一得。

26. Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended. 事情要安步就班地做，就会很快地做完。

27. A friend exaggerates a mans virtue, an enemy his crimes. 朋友宣扬人的美德，敌人夸大人的罪过。

28. A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。

29. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难朋友才是真朋友。

30. A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 一本好书今天如此，将来也如此，永不改变。

31. A bad padlock invites a picklock. 开门揖盗。

32. A discontented man knows not where to sit easy. 不满足者坐无宁时。

33. A beggar's purse is bottomless. 乞丐的钱袋是无底洞。

34. A fox may grow grey, but never good. 狐狸会变，但本性*难移。

35. A contented mind is perpetual feast. 知足常乐。

36. A cat may look at a king. 猫也有权晋见国王。

37. Adversity makes strange bedfellows. 身处逆境不择友。

38. Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. 行动是知识的巧果。

39. Accidents will happen. 天有不测风云。

40. A friend in court is better than a penny in purse. 曩中有钱，不如朝中有友。

41. A bird may be known by its song. 什么鸟唱什么歌。

42. A faithful friend is hard to find. 益友难得。

43. A friend without faults will never be found. 没有缺点的朋友是永远找不到的。

44. A book that remains shut is but a block. 有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。

45. A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer. 一愚发问，七智结舌。

46. Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public. 在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公开场合又表扬你的朋友。

47. A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 恶其始者必恶其终。

48. Adversity is a good discipline. 苦难是磨练人的好机会。

49. A fool always comes short of his reckoning. 愚人常缺算计。

50. A fools heart dances on his lips. 愚人心坦荡，挂在嘴唇上。

51. A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that its the boundary of the world. 坐井观天。

52. A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm. 借来的斗篷不暖身。

53. A clean hand wants no washing. 身正不怕影子斜。

54. A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 坏习惯像鲜馅饼，分食要比保存好。

55. A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 链条的坚固程度取决于它最薄弱的环节。

56. Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. 相聚爱益切，离别情更深。

57. A cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命。

58. A bad bush is better than the open field. 有胜于无。

59. Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。

60. A clear conscience laughs at false accusations. 白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。

61. A fool and his money are soon parted. 笨蛋难聚财。

62. A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀钝)。

63. A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself. 贪婪的人对别人毫无好处，对自己却坏处更大。

64. A bad conscience is a snake in ones heart. 做贼心虚。

65. A burden of one's choice is not felt. 自己选的担子不嫌重。

66. A friend is a second self. 朋友是另一个我。

67. A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity. 蠢人装聪明，实在最可怜。

68. A fair face may hide a foul heart. 人不可貌相。

69. A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人。

70. A crafty knave needs no broker. 狡猾的流氓，不需居间人。

71. After black clouds, clear weather. 否极泰来。

72. A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody. 广交友，无深交。

73. A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。