心头的痛苦比肉体的痛苦更厉害。The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.

过去是为了求取知识，现在是为了付诸行动，而未来是为了享受欢乐。  The past is for wisdom, the present for action, but for joy the future.

堕入罪恶的道路是容易走的。  The path down to evil is easy.

尽职的路是安全的路。  The path of duty is the path of safety.

通向光荣的道路常常是坎坷不平的。  The path to glory is always rugged.

孔雀虽有华羽，但有贱足。  The peacock has fair feathers, but foul feet.

提前到达将有可能成功。 早行动早成功，捷足先登。The person who arrives early will succeed.

The person who arrives early will probably succeed.

文能胜武。  The pen is mightier than the sword.

笔是心之舌。  The pen is the tongue of the mind.

贫能知足即为富。  The poor are rich when they are satisfied.

贫穷人要求多，守财奴样样要。  The poor man wants much, the miser everything.

五十步笑百步。  The pot calls the kettle black.

空谈不如实验。实践出真知。  The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

赛跑要靠奔跑来赢得。  The races got by running.

海里的好鱼是取之不尽的。  There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.

生活道路有三条∶劳动、偷盗或乞讨。  There are but three ways of living: by working, by stealing, or by begging.

美中有不足。  There are lees to every wine.

愚蠢的买主多于愚蠢的卖主。  There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers.

事过境迁。  There are no birds of this year in last year's nests.

教育显然有两种∶一种是教人怎样谋生，另一种是教人怎样生活。  There are obviously two educations,One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.

世界上只有两种力量∶刀和笔；而其结果，后者总是战胜前者。  There are only two powers in the world, the sword and the pen; and in the end the former is always conquered by the latter.

人孰无过。太阳也有黑点。  There are spots in the sun.

 There are spots even on the sun.

传播新闻有三种方法∶电报、电话和告诉女人。  There are three ways of spreading news,telegraph, telephone, and tell a woman.

每个问题都有两个方面。  There are two sides to every question.

窝赃者和贼同罪。  The receiver is as bad as the thief.

群群羊中有黑羊。到处都有害群之马。  There is a black sheep in every flock.

人生皆有不如意处。  There is a crook in the lot of everyone.

渴望求知的人需要读书，累得疲劳的人也需要书读，两种人的要求有很大的区别。  There is a great deal of difference between the eager man who wants to read a book, and the tired man who wants a book to read.

每座房子都有骨架。  There is a skeleton in every house.

朽木不可雕。  There is a small choice in rotten apples.

该说话时说话，该沉默时沉默。  There is a time to speak and a time to be silent.

可敬与可笑之间只有一步之差。  There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

盗亦有道。  There is honour among thieves.

老当益壮。  There is life in the old dog yet.

无事可做比有许多事要做更伤脑筋。  There is more trouble in having nothing to do than in having much to do.

公说公有理，婆说婆有理。  There is much to be said on both sides.

人各有所好。  There is no accounting for tastes.

无火没有烟。  There is no fire without smoke.

老年荒唐无法可想。  There is no fool like an old fool.

普遍规律必有例外。  There is no general rule without some exception.

人孰无过。  There is none without a fault.

人世间最大的幸福莫如既有爱情而又清白无暇。  There is no paradise on earth equal to the union of love and innocence.

再好之处不如自己家。  There is no place like home.

玫瑰花没有不长刺的。  There is no rose without a thorn.

治学无坦途。  There is no royal road to learning.

无风不起浪。  There is no smoke without fire.

事情本无好与坏，全在自己怎么想。  There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

事情在成功前没有不艰苦的。  There is nothing which has not been bitter before being ripe.

哀莫大于心死。  There is nothing worse than apathy.

机不可失，时不再来。  There is no time like the present.

没有什么财富像知识那样保险，因为它偷不去，抢不走。  There is no wealth like unto knowledge, for thieves cannot steal it.

羊毛再白，也能染黑。  There is no wool so white but a dyer can make it black.

人多势众。  There is safety in numbers.

医治创伤的药方就是忘却创伤。  The remedy for injuries is not to remember them.

医疗不得法，使病更糟糕。  The remedy is worse than the disease.

记住过去的不幸使人愉快。  The remembrance of past sorrow is joyful.

海里的好鱼是取之不尽的。失去一个机会,还有很多机会。有水何患无鱼。   There's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.

老当益壮。 提琴虽老，仍可奏出好的曲子。There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle.

天有不测风云。事情往往功败垂成。  There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

臭名气并不光彩。  There's more knows Tom Fool than Tom Fool knows.

徒有良好的愿望而不去努力实现，后悔莫及。  The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

一只死老鼠，弄脏粥一锅。  The rotten apple injuries its neighbors.

损失时间是一切损失中代价最大的损失。  The sacrifice of time is the costliest of all sacrifices.

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。  The scalded cat fears cold water.

大海总是抱怨水不够。  The sea complains it wants water.

大海有能容之量。  The sea refuses no river.

记忆力好的秘密在于专心，而对于一个问题的专心取决于对这个问题的兴趣。在我们心上留下深刻印象的东西，我们是不大会忘记的。  The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it,We rarely forget that which has made a deep impression on our minds.

人生一生中成功的秘诀是在机会来临时要及时抓住。  The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

成功的秘诀是目标坚定。  The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

最简短的回答就是干。  The shortest answer is doing the thing.

要想多做事情，最简单的办法是一次只做一件事。  The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.

天不会因瞎子看不见而减其蓝色。  The sky is not less blue because the blind man does not see it.

睡觉的狐狸抓不到鸡鸭。  The sleeping fox catches no poultry.

有点礼貌使生活愉快，多点礼貌使生活高尚。  The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.

美女的微笑就是钱包的泪水。  The smiles of a pretty woman are the tears of the purse.

心灵不在它生活的地方，而在它所爱的地方。  The soul is not where it lives, but it loves.

心有余而力不足。  The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

不声不响的猪吃光全部的酒糟。  The still sow eats up all the draff.

文如其人。  The style is the man.

太阳同样地普照一切。  The sun shines all alike.

要快乐，最可靠的办法是忙碌。  The surest way to be happy is to be busy.

最甜的葡萄挂在最高的地方。  The sweetest grapes hang the highest.

人生最甜蜜的事情就是爱妻的欢迎。  The sweetest thing in life is the welcome of a wife.

狐狸常因尾巴而被捕。露出狐狸尾巴。  The tail does often catch the fox.

人靠衣装。  The tailor makes the man.