思想是行动的种子。 Thought is the seed of action.

本性难移。  Though you cast out nature with a fork, it will still return.

三次搬家犹如一次失火。  Three removes are as bad as a fire.

三样东西最易消逝∶树林的回响， 彩虹和妇女的美貌。  Three things soon pass away; the echo of the woods, the rainbow, and woman's beauty.

节约是个好收入。  Thrift is good revenue.

只有学会听命于人，方能学会向人发号施令。  Through obedience learn to command.

因噎废食。  Throw away the apple because of the core.

你的朋友有朋友，朋友的朋友又有朋友，所以要谨慎小心。 Your friend has a friend and your friend's friend has a friend so be discreet.

岁月无情。时不我待。  Time and tide wait for no man.

消逝的时间和说出的话不能追回。  Time and words can never be recalled.

时间可以医治一切创伤。  Time cures all things.

时间会暴露一切。  Time discloses all things.

 Time reveals all things.  

必须抓紧时间。  Time does not bow to you,you must bow to time.

时光易逝。  Time flies.

时间能够治好(感情上的)创伤。  Time is great healer.

时间就是金钱。  Time is money.

时间就是金钱，但金钱不是时间。  Time is money, but money is not time.

时光流逝不回头。  Time marches on.

光阴一去不复返。  Time past cannot be called back again.

过去的时间决不返回，浪费一点，永远消失。  Time past never returns, a moment lost, lost for ever.

时间会揭露一切。  Time reveals all things.

时间可以冲淡最强烈的悲伤。  Time tames the strongest grief.

时间检验一切。  Time tries all.

时间考验真理。  Time tries truth.

时间能产生巨大的变化。  Time works great changes.

时间可以创造奇迹。  Time works wonders.

狗胆小，拼命叫。  Timid dogs bark most.

苍蝇不叮沸水壶。  To a boiling pot flies come not.

积财难，守财最难，而聪明地散财最难。  To acquire wealth is difficult, to preserve it more difficult, but to spend it wisely most difficult of all.

对于一只漫无目标的船来说，不论什么方向的风都是逆风。  To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.

对弱者发脾气证明你自己并不很强。  To be angry with a weak man is a proof that you are not very strong yourself.

为善最乐。  To be of use in the world is the only way to be happy.

维护和平最有效的办法之一是备战。  To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.

行善是美德。  To be virtuous is to do good.

获得智慧，寻求真理，并使心灵美好，要比追求金钱、荣誉和名声好得多。  To care for wisdom and truth and the improvement of the soul is far better than to seek money and honour and reputation.

反败为胜。  To convert defeat into victory.

今天是昨天的学者。  Today is the scholar of yesterday.

人无完人。  To err is human.

人难免错误，宽恕别人是神圣的。  To err is human; to forgive, divine.

饶恕敌人是一种巧妙的报复方法。  To forgive our enemies is a charming way of revenge.

量入为出。  To gain teaches how to spend.

最大的痛苦在于胃口好而无肉食，有佳肴而无胃口，躺在床上而不能休息。  To have a stomach and lack meat; to have meat and lack a stomach; to lie in bed and cannot rest; are great miseries.

有钱使人担心，没钱使人伤心。  To have money is a fear, not to have it a grief.

百闻不如一见。  To hear a hundred times is not so good as to see once.

办事不失时机，一天可抵三天用。  To him that does everything in its proper time, one day is worth three.

事事皆知，事事不懂。  To know everything is to know nothing.

懂得如何等待是成功的秘诀。  To know how to wait is the great secret of success.

能有自知之明就是真正的进步。  To know one's self is true progress.

找出病根等于治愈了一半。  To know the disease is half the cure.

学会顺从是管理的基本艺术。  To learn obeying is the fundamental art of governing.

活在后人心，虽死而犹生。  To live in the hearts of those left behind is not to die.

活得长几乎是每个人的愿望，可是生活得好只是少数人的志气。  To live long is almost everyone's wish, but to live well is the ambition of a few.

失掉朋友是一切损失中最大的损失。  To lose a friend is the greatest of all loses.

爱人和得到人爱是人生最大的幸福。  To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.

要成仇敌，多讲；要成朋友，多听。  To make enemies, talk; to make friends, listen.

由于面貌美丽而娶妻，犹如油漆漂亮而买屋。  To marry a woman for her beauty is like buying a house for its paint.

说到曹操，曹操就到。  To mention the wolf's name is to see the same.

切莫依赖明天。  Tomorrow comes never.

明天有明天的事。  Tomorrow is another day.

人多嘴杂。厨师多烧坏汤。  Too many cooks spoil the broth.

过分谦虚即骄傲。  Too much humility is pride.

知识多，老得快。  Too much knowledge makes the head bald.

太多的自由破坏了一切。  Too much liberty spoils all.

过多反坏事，太少不济时。  Too much spoils, too little is nothing.

过犹不及。  Too much water drowned the miller.

欲速则不达。  Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

以其人之道还治其人之身。  To pay a person in his own way.

维持友谊需要三点∶当面尊重他，背后赞扬他，需要时帮助他。  To preserve a friend three things are required: to honour him present, praise him absent, and assist him in his necessities.

允诺而不费什么是给愚蠢人的安慰。  To promise and give nothing is comfort to a fool.

学而不思，犹如食而不化。  To read without reflection is like eating without digestion.

要真正了解一个人，需在不幸中考察他。  To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune.

省时间就是延长寿命。  To save time is to lengthen life.

少讲多做是大智者的特性。  To say little and perform much is the characteristic of great minds.

要奋斗，要探索，要有所发现，而不要屈服。  To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

怀着希望去旅行比抵达目的地更愉快；而真正的成功在于勤劳。  To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour.

周游世界须有猪嘴巴，鹿的腿，鹰的双眼，驴的耳，骆驼的肩膀和猿猴的脸，尤其需要的是要有满口袋的金钱和耐心。  To travel through the world it is necessary to have the mouth of hog, the legs of a stag, the eyes of a falcon, the ears of an ass, shoulders of a camel, and the face of an ape, and overplus, a satchel full of money and patience.