愚者自以为聪明，智者则有自知之明。The fool does think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

蠢人的心在嘴上，聪明人的嘴在心里。  The fool has his heart on his tongue, the wise man keeps his tongue in his heart.

蠢人嘴巴讲，聪明人用心想。  The fool talks, and the wise man thinks.

真正的愉快之根本在于良心。  The foundation of true joy is in the conscience.

狐狸可以改变皮毛，但不能改变习性。  The fox changes his skin but not his habit.

机关算尽太聪明，反误了卿卿性命。  The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail.

狐狸的臭味道，自己先嗅到。  The fox smells his own stink first.

嘴上真君子，行动烂小人。  The friar preached against stealing and had a goose in his sleeve.

井底之蛙不知汪洋大海。  The frog in well knows nothing of the great ocean.

未来属于懂得等待的人。  The future belongs to him who knows how to wait.

社会的前途掌握在母亲们手中；如果世界由于女人而毁灭，那么也只有女人才可挽救。  The future of society is in the hands of mothers; if the world was lost through woman she alone can save it.

坏天气才能认识良好的海员。  The good seaman is known in bad weather.

民有、民治、民享的政府永世长存。  The government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth.

草是另一边的绿。  The grass is greener on the other side.

伟大与渺小相得益彰。  The great and the little have need one of another.

真理越大，诽谤也越大。  The greater the truth, the greater the libel.

操心无法可想的事是最大的傻瓜。  The greatest fool is he who worries about what he cannot help.

真理最伟大的朋友是时间，最大的敌人是偏见，她永恒的伴侣是谦逊。  The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her constant companion is humility.

最大的恨产生于最大的爱。  The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

自吹自擂的人是最大的谎言者。  The greatest liars talk most of themselves.

进步的最大障碍是偏见。  The greatest obstacle to progress is prejudice.

最大的错误就是不认识错误。  The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none.

爱是人生最大的乐趣。  The greatest pleasure of life is love.

言语的巨人往往是行动的侏儒。  The greatest talkers are always the least doers.

弱肉强食。  The great fish eat up the small.

赠予者的心意可使馈赠的东西增加价值而显得珍贵。  The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious.

心之所见远胜于目。  The heart sees further than the head.

  The eyes of a true heart see more than the eyes of the head.  

真正的爱情是永不会忘记的。  The heart that once truly loves never forgets.

猴子爬得越高，尾巴越加暴露。  The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his tail.

最高的艺术就是不露艺术。  The highest art is to conceal art.

正当得到的一分钱，胜过偷来的一元钱。  The honest penny is better than the stolen dollar.

文如其人。  The house shows the owner.

饥寒起盗心。  The hungry belly has no ears.

人生重要的事是要有伟大的目标和达到这个目标的决心。  The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.

喜形于色。  The joy of the heart makes the face merry.

物极必反。最后一滴导致整杯满溢。  The last drop makes the cup run over.

 少说为佳。  The least said, the soonest mended.

Least said, soonest mended.

江山易改，本性难移。  The leopard cannot change its spots.

说谎者所受到的惩罚决不是在于没有人相信他，而是在于他不会相信任何别人。  The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

狼的生就是羔羊的死。  The life of the wolf is the death of the lamb.

孤独的羊难免遭狼的危险。  The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf.

天下没有不散的盛筵。  The longest day has an end.

绕道似最远，归程是捷径。  The longest way round is the shortest way home.

爱美是所有健康人天性中的一个重要部分。  The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature.

爱财与好学，实难相共容。  The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.

爱财是万恶之源。  The love of money is the root of all evil.

保持一件坏事的代价超过十件好事。  The maintaining of one vice costs more than ten virtues.

不犯错误的人往往也就是无所作为的人。  The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.

木已成舟。覆水难收。  The milk is spilled.

时不待我。 The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.

天网恢恢，疏而不漏。  The mills of God grind slowly but sure.

守财奴积的财富，对他自己没好处。  The money the miser hoards will do him no good.

月亮不怕狗吠。  The moon does not heed the barking of dogs.

或名或暗，月亮总是月亮。  The moon is a moon whether it shines or not.

小巫见大巫。  The moon is not seen where the sun shines.

懂得越多，就越知道自己懂得不多。  The more a man knows, the less he knows he knows.

大智若愚。  The more a man knows, the more he is inclined to be modest.

大智若愚。  The more a man knows, the more he see his ignorance.

欲速则不达。  The more haste, the less speed.

越高尚，越谦虚。  The more noble, the more humble.

愚人越富越愚蠢。  The more riches a fool has, the greater fool he is.

多多益善。  The more, the merrier.

井水越打越多。  The more the well is used, the more water it gives.

一个人引以为耻的事情越多，就越受尊敬。  The more things a man is ashamed of the more respectable he is.

做得越多，则能做的越多；越是忙碌，则空闲越多。  The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

学得越多，就越发觉自己无知。  The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance.

妇女照镜越多，照管家务就越少。  The more women look in their glass, the less they look to their house.

好景不常。  The morning sun never lasts a day.

凡事都有一定时间。什么时候干什么事。  The morning to the mountain the evening to the fountain.

 最忙碌的人有最多的空闲。  The most busiest men find the most leisure.

The most busiest men have the most time.

世界上最有用的学问是告诉我们怎样死得其所。  The most useful learning in the world is that which teaches us how to die well.

完全虚度的日子是你一次也没有笑过的日子。  The most utterly lost of all days is that in which you have not once laughed.

母亲的心肠是孩子的课堂。  The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

虎头蛇尾。  The mountain has brought forth a mouse.

狡兔三窟。  The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.

聪明人的嘴在心里，蠢人的心在嘴上。  The mouth of a wise man is in his heart; the heart of a fool is in his mouth.

骨肉越亲，恩情越深。  The nearer the bone the sweeter the flesh.

近庙欺神。  The nearer to church, the farther from God.

越老越狡猾。  The older the goose the harder to pluck.

老鹅不和狐狸一起玩。  The old goose plays not with foxes.

行动是对悲痛唯一的治疗。  The only cure for grief is action.

女人能保守的唯一秘密是她的年龄。  The only secret a woman can keep is that of her age.

旁观者清。  The outsider sees the best of the game.

The outsider sees the most of the game.