1. The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.水能载舟，亦能覆舟。

2. The early bird catches the worm.早起的鸟儿有虫吃。

3. Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.滴水穿石。

4. The finest diamond must be cut.玉不琢，不成器。

5. Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑，运动强身。

6. Set a thief to catch a thief.以贼捉贼。

7. The outsider sees the most of the game.旁观者清。

8. Whom the gods love die young.好人不长命。

9. Too much familiarity breeds contempt.过分熟悉会使人互不服气。

10. There is no royal road to learning.书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。

11. To know everything is to know nothing.什么都知道，一如什么都不知道。

12. When everybody's somebody then nobody's anybody.人人都伟大，世间没豪杰。

13. You cannot burn the candle at both ends.蜡烛不能两头点，精力不可过分耗。

14. Reading enriches the mind.开卷有益。

15. Wealth is nothing without health.失去健康，钱再多也没用。

16. The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.黎明前的黑暗。

17. Virtue is fairer far than beauty.美德远远胜过美貌。

18. Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者事竟成。

19. Two wrongs do not make a right.别人错了，不等于你对了。

20. Time cures all things.时间是医治一切创伤的良药。

21. RESPect yourself, or no one else will respect you.要人尊敬，必须自重。

22. The style is the man.字如其人。

23. The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.烈火验真金，艰难磨意志。

24. The darkest place is under the candlestick.烛台底下最暗。

25. While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten.道高一尺，魔高一丈。

26. Saying is one thing and doing another.言行不一。

27. You may know by a handful the whole sack.由一斑可知全貌。

28. We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.欲求完美无缺的朋友必然成为孤家寡人。

29. The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.世界如阶梯，有人上有人下。

30. You cannot eat your cake and have it.鱼与熊掌，不可得兼。

31. Tit for tat is fair play.人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我必犯人。

32. Wet behind the ears.乳臭未干。

33. Seeing is believing.眼见为实。

34. Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.搬弄口舌者必是小人。

35. Walls have ears.小心隔墙有耳。

36. Well begun is half done.好的开始，是成功的一半。

37. Things at the worst will mend.否极泰来。

38. Soon ripe, soon rotten.熟得快，烂得快。

39. When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.伤心旧事别重提。

40. Truth never grows old.真理永存。

41. Something is better than nothing.聊胜于无。