1. a burden of ones choice is not felt. 爱挑的担子不嫌重。

2. a cat has 9 lives. 猫有九条命。

3. a good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。

4. a good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 一本好书，相伴一生。

5. a friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友难，失朋友易。

6. a fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。

7. a friend is never known till a man has need. 需要之时方知友。

8. a bad workman always blames his tools.不会撑船怪河弯。

9. a good conscience is a soft pillow. 不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。

10. adversity leads to prosperity. 穷则思变。

11. a cat may look at a king. 人人平等。

12. a candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。

13. actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。

14. a bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。

15. a close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入。

16. a constant guest is never welcome. 常客令人厌。

17. a bad thing never dies. 遗臭万年。

18. a good beginning is half done. 善始者善终。

19. "after you" is good manners. 您先请是礼貌。

20. adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 逆境出人才。

21. a fair death honors the whole life. 死得其所，流芳百世。

22. a bully is always a coward. 色厉内荏。

23. a fox may grow gray, but never good. 江山易改，本性难移。

24. a good fame is better than a good face. 美名胜过美貌。

25. a friend without faults will never be found. 没有十全十美的朋友。

26. a burden of one's choice is not felt. 爱挑的担子不嫌重。

27. a friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。

28. a boaster and a liar are cousins-german.吹牛与说谎本是同宗。

29. a good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。

30. a faithful friend is hard to find. 知音难觅。

31. a bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。