知道的不要全部倾吐，看到的不要都加评语，这样生活可以安宁。 Tell not all you know nor judge of all you see if you would live in peace.

克制是最好的治疗。 Temperance is the best physic.

自我节制是最大的美德。 Temperance is the greatest of virtues.

好书开卷引人入胜，闭卷使人得益。 That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.

不是人人都懂的语言不是好语言。 That is not good language which all understand not.

最后的聪明才算真聪明。 That's good wisdom which is wisdom in the end.

教师尽力帮助学生独立工作是给学生最大的帮助。 That teacher helps his pupils most who most helps them to help themselves.

恶行易学。 That which is evil is soon learnt.

美丽而引人注目的东西不一定都善良，但善良的东西总是美丽的。 That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.

事非预料偏易发生。 That which one least anticipates soonest comes to pass.

苦楚往日难忍受，记起也许甜心头。 That which was bitter to endure may be sweet to remember.

钱多毁青年。 The abundance of money ruins youth.

自鸣得意。 The ass wags his ears.

强者必胜。 The battle is to the strong.

既是穷光蛋，何虑窃贼偷。光脚不怕穿鞋的。 The beggar may sing before the thief.

A beggar may sing before the footpad.

万物的开端都是渺小的。 The beginnings of all things are small.

食欲不长耳。饥不纳言。衣食足而后知礼仪。 The belly has no ears.

 饥寒起盗心.The hungry belly has no ears.

Hungry bellies have no ears.

鱼过三天后，再鲜也变臭。 The best fish smell when they are three days old.

好鱼游水底。 The best fish swim near the bottom.

最善良的人往往是最勇敢的人。 The best hearts are always the bravest.

玉不琢不成器。 The best horse needs breaking, and the aptest child needs teaching.

要求过高反难成功。 The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good.

好戏在后头。最好的即将来临。The best is yet to be.

智者千虑，必有一失。 伟人也有犯错时。The best man stumbles.

老朋友是最好的镜子。 The best mirror is an old friend.

最好的政府是教导我们管理自己。 The best of all governments is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

莫逆至交，终有一别。 The best of friends must part.

敬而远之。 The best remedy against an ill man is much ground between.

面包的气味最香，食盐的滋味最鲜，儿童的情爱最纯。 The best smell is bread, the best savour salt, the best love that of children.

我们能得到的最好教师是“需要”。 The best teacher one can have is necessity.

启迪人性最好的导师是伟大人物的生活。 The best teachers of humanity are the lives of great men.

日子越美好，事业越顺当。 The better the day, the better the deed.

枝头结果越多，垂得越低。 The bough that bears most, hangs lowest.

英雄的人可以冒生命危险，但不冒良心危险。 The brave man hazards his life, but not his conscience.

金无赤足，人无完人。 The brightest of all things, the sun, has its spots.

爱挑的担子，就愉快轻松。 The burden on likes is cheerfully borne.

最忙的人时间最多。 The busiest men find the most leisure.

The busiest men have the most time.

先入为主。 The cask savours of the first fill.

猫犬可相吻，莫逆却难成。 The cat and dog may kiss, yet are none the better.

戴手套的猫捉不到老鼠。四体不勤, 一事无成。 The cat in gloves catch no mice.

掩耳盗铃。 The cat shut its eyes while it steals cream.

人生的主要目的不是为了挣钱。 The chief aim of man is not to get money.

三岁定终身。 The child is father of the man.

The child is father to the man.

安分守己。 The cobbler must stick to his last.

鞋匠的老婆没有好鞋穿。 The cobbler's wife is the worst shod.

好事多磨。 The course of true love never did run smooth.

 牛失其尾，方知其贵。 The cow knows not what her tail is worth until she has lost it.

穿袈裟的不一定是和尚。 The cowl does not make the monk.

The hood does not make the monk.

放债人的记性比借债人好。 The creditor has always a better memory than the debtor.

乌鸦总以为自己的雏鸟最美丽。 The crow thinks her own birds fairest.

最残酷的谎言常以沉默的方式说出。 The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

困兽犹斗。 The crushed worm will turn.

布谷鸟，四月来，五月在，仲夏唱支歌，然后就飞开。 The cuckoo comes in April, and stays the month of May; sings a song at midsummer, and then goes away.

大人物的美味是穷人的眼泪。 The dainties of the great are the tears of the poor.

黎明前是最黑暗的时刻。 The darkest hour is that before the dawn.

日有眼，夜有耳。若要人不知，除非己莫为。 The day has eyes, the night has ears.

百无聊赖。 The day is long to him who knows not how to use it.

魔鬼替其狡辩，也会引经据点。 The devil can cite the Scriptures for his purpose.

魔鬼高兴，也发善心。 The devil is good when he is pleased.

魔鬼不像所描绘的那么黑。 The devil is not so black as he is painted.

老马能识途。 The devil knows many things because he is old.

貌善实恶。 The devil lurks behind the cross.

魔鬼乘虚而入，开门撵它不出。 The devil may get in by the keyhole, but the door won't let him out.

别国的钻石是最美丽的。 The diamonds of other countries are always the most beautiful.

医生往往比疾病更令人生畏。 The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease.

我行我素，岂管他哉。 The dogs bark, but the caravan goes on.

来道是非者，便是是非人。 The dog that fetches will carry.

滴水穿石不是由于使用强力所致，而是由于滴水频繁所成。 The drop hollows the stone, not by force, but by the frequency of its fall.

捷足先登。 The early bird catches the worm.

事实胜于雄辩。 The effect speaks, the tongue needs not.

工作成败要看结果。 The end crowns the work.

只问目的，不问手段。 The end justifies the means.

The end sanctifies the means.

自作孽不可活。  The evils we bring on ourselves are the hardest to bear.

重伤可治，臭名难除。  The evil wound is cured but not the evil name.

例外能反证规律。  The exception proves the rule.

心不专则眼不明。  The eye is blind if the mind is absent.

眼睛能看见一切的东西，但看不见自己。  The eye that sees all things else sees not itself.

面孔是心灵的标志。  The face is the index of the mind.

The face is the index of the heart.

情人越吵越亲密。  The falling out of lovers is the renewing of love.

农民是文化和繁荣的奠基者。  The farmers are the founders of civilization and prosperity.

欲速则不达。  The farthest way about is the nearest way home.

杞人忧天，庸人自扰。  The fear of ill exceeds the ills we fear.

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

烈火试真金，困苦练壮士。  The fire is the test of gold; adversity of strong man.

远火能照亮，近火要烧人。  The fire which lights us at a distance will burn us when near.

The fire which warms us at a distance will burn us when near.

头炮打响，等于半个胜仗。  The first blow is half the battle.

成功的首要因素是要有成功的决心。  The first element of success is the determination to succeed.

第一步的成功等于事情的一半已完成。  The first step is as good as half over.

万事开头难。  The first step is the only difficulty.

避开作恶是走向美德的第一步。  The first step to virtue is to abstain from vice.

健康是最重要的财富。  The first wealth is health.