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

2. It is better to accept deferentially than to decline courteously恭敬不如从命

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

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

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

6. A good beginning is half done善始者善终。

7. No ivory issues from the mouth of a dog狗嘴里吐不出象牙

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

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

10. A cornered beast will do something desperate狗急跳墙

11. Slanders cluster round a widows door寡妇门前是非多

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

13. After you is good manners您先请是礼貌。

14. A man of your eminence has a short memory贵人多忘事

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

16. A good book is a good friend好书如挚友。

17. Sugarcane is never sweet at both ends-you cant have it both ways甘蔗没有两头甜

18. A bad thing never dies遗臭万年。

19. Each says he is right公说公有理,婆说婆有理

20. A friend is easier lost than found得朋友难，失朋友易。