1. Example is better then percept.

2. 东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。

3. 远水救不了近火。

4. 分秒必争。

5. Far water does not put out near fire.

6. 失败是成功之母。

7. 经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。

8. 吃一堑，长一智。

9. Fact speak louder than words.

10. 王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。

11. Experience must be bought.

12. 孩子是自己的好。

13. Far from eye, far from heart.

14. 明枪易躲，暗箭难防。

15. Faults are thick where love is thin.

16. Failure is the mother of success.

17. 眼不见，心不烦。

18. False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

19. 事实胜於雄辩。

20. Everything is good when new, but friends when old.

21. Every minute counts.

22. an is the architect of his own fortune.

23. Every potter praises hit pot.

24. 一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。

25. 自己的命运自己掌握。

26. Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.

27. 说一遍，不如做一遍。

28. Every mother's child is handsome.