所有的人自由后，才能完全自由；所有的人都有道德，才能完全合乎道德；所有的人都幸福了，才能真正幸福。No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

往日不复返。 No one can call back yesterday.

除非羞耻由自取，他人岂能辱吾？。 No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

无人能为所欲为。 No one can have all he desires.

无人总是当傻瓜，人人有时当傻瓜。 No one is a fool always, every one sometimes.

人非生而知之者。 No one is born wise or learned.

No one man is born wise or learned.

人总有一时之失。 No one is wise at all times.

不劳则无获，共难才得福，有荣必有辱，无苦即无乐。 No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

不劳则无获。 No pains, no gains.

众口难调。 No piper can please all ears.

乐中有悲。 No pleasure without alloy

No pleasure without pain.

No pleasure without repentance.

真正的财富不是占有，而是使用。 No possession, but use, is the only riches.

吃一堑，长一智。 No practice, no gain in one's wit.

我不轻蔑名誉，也不需要她的青睐；如果她来的话，也是不求而自来的。 Nor fame I slight, nor for her favors call; she come unlooked for, if she comes at all.

途有好伴，不觉路远。 No road is long with good company.

没有根，就没有果。 No root, no fruit.

玫瑰都有刺。 No rose without a thorn.

没有一条规则没有例外。 No rule without an exception.

未知水深浅，涉水有危险。 No safe wading in an unknown water.

无风不起浪。 No smoke without fire.

不劳无获。  No song, no supper.

言而必行。  No sooner said than done.

有明必有暗。有阳光的地方也必有阴影处。  No sunshine but bath some shadow.

不劳则无获。  No sweat, no sweet.

不劳则无获。  No sweet without some sweat.

不入虎穴，焉得虎子。  Nothing brave, nothing have.

饥不择食。  Nothing comes amiss to a hungry man.

无风不起浪。  Nothing comes from nothing.

Nothing comes of nothing.

无风不起浪。  Nothing comes out of the sack but what was in it.

饥不择食。  Nothing comes wrong to a hungry man.

有求才有应。  Nothing crave, nothing have.

一分钱，一分货。  Nothing for nothing and very little for a half penny.

世上无难事，只怕有心人。  Nothing is difficult to a man who wills.

有志者事竟成。心志所愿,无事不成.   Nothing is impossible to a willing mind

Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

天下无难事，只怕不努力。  Nothing is impossible to the man who will try.

Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.  

只有真理才是真美。  Nothing is really beautiful but truth.

无风不起浪。  Nothing is stolen without hands.

除非消灭跳蚤，做事不必急躁。遇事不能急，除非抓跳蚤。  Nothing must be done hastily but killing of fleas.

无所求，则无所获。  Nothing seek, nothing find.

塞翁失马，安知非福。  Nothing so bad, as not to be good for something.

旅行者最需要的是语言。  Nothing so necessary for travelers as languages.

一事成功，事事顺利。  Nothing succeeds like success.

只有贫困可以不劳而获得。  Nothing to be got without pains but poverty.

不入虎穴，焉得虎子。  Nothing venture, nothing win .

Nothing venture, nothing have.

Nothing venture, nothing  gain.

无风不起浪。  Nothing will come of nothing.

只争朝夕。  No time like the present.

不失时机。  Not let the grass grow under one's feet.

新奇生乐趣。  Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.

坏事不单行。  No vice goes alone.

勇敢面前没有通不过的路。  No way is impossible to courage.

智者寡言。  No wisdom like silence.

机不可失，失不再来。  Now or never.

无错不可纠。  No wrong without remedy.

树大招风。芦苇顶风暴时,或许橡树要倾倒。Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm.

服从是军人的第一职责。Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.

观察为良师。Observation is the best teacher.

人生最可宝贵的是声誉，躯体入土后，声誉犹存。Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.

贤妻最可贵，恶妇是灾星。Of earthly goods the best is a good wife,A bad the bitterest curse of human life.

进攻是最好的防御。Offence is the best defence.

无中不能生有。Of nothing comes nothing.

少吃多餐，身强体胖。Often and little eating makes a man fat.

权衡两害，取其轻者。Of two evils choose the least.

年轻人死得不少，而年迈者是在劫难逃。 Of young men die many, of old men escape not any.

老蜂不酿蜜。 Old bees yield no honey.

新巢捉不到老鸟。 Old birds are not caught with new nests.

老谋是不会失算的。 Old birds are not to be caught with chaff.

越老越聪明。 Older and wiser.

老狐狸不需要教师。 Old foxes want no tutors.

老友情深，陈酒味醇。 Old friends and old wine are best.

旧情永难忘。 Old love will not be forgotten.

旧船必漏。 Old vessels must leak.

老柴最好烧，陈酒最好饮，老友最可靠，老作家的书最好读。 Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

老柴好烧，老书宜读。 Old wood is best to burn, old book to read.

老柴好烧，老马好骑。 Old wood is best to burn, old horse to ride.

自由啊！假你的名义犯了多少罪啊！ O liberty, how many crimes have been committed in your name!

有失才有得。鸡蛋不打破，蛋卷做不成。Omelets are not made without breaking eggs.

一次做魔鬼，永远是魔鬼。 Once a devil, always a devil.

一朝失足，铸成千古恨。 Once a knave, ever a knave.

一次为成人，两度当小孩。 Once a man and twice a child.

一朝被蛇咬，三年怕草绳。 Once bit, twice shy.

一次不成例。 Once is no custom.

一旦上了岸，就不再祈祷。 Once on shore, we pray no more.