近朱者赤，近墨者黑。  Touch pitch and you will be defiled.

担心明天，今天就不愉快了。 To worry about tomorrow is to be unhappy today.

对青年人，我要奉劝几句话∶工作，工作，再工作。 To youth I have but words of counsel -- work, work, work.

走到东，走到西，最好还是到家里。 Travel east or travel west, a man's own home is still the best.

困兽犹斗。 Tread on a worm and it will turn.

祸不单行。 Troubles never come singly.

真金不怕火。 True blue will never stain.

真珊瑚无需刷油漆。 True coral needs no painter's brush.

真正的友谊像是生长缓慢的植物。 True friendship is a plant of slow growth.

真诚的友谊犹如强健的身体，要到失去它时，才知它的可贵。 True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.

真正的爱情是给而不是取。 True love is giving not taking.

真爱永不老。 True love never grows old.

急需时见真情。 True love shows itself in time of need.

表扬真实，根深传远。 True praise roots and spreads.

真正的智慧是知道最值得知道的事情和做最值得做的事情。 True wisdom is know what is best worth knowing, and to do what is best worth doing.

不要信赖朋友的赞扬，也不要仇敌的轻蔑放在心上。 Trust not the praise of a friend, nor the contempt of an enemy.

只要信任你自己，别人不会辜负你。 Trust thyself only, and another shall not betray you.

真理和爱情是世界上力量最强大的两样东西，当它们两者走在一起时，它们是很难抵挡的。 Truth and love are two of the most powerful things in the world; and when they both go together they cannot easily be withstood.

真理和玫瑰，身上都有刺。 Truth and roses have thorns about them.

真金不怕火。 Truth fears not the flames of slander and injustice.

真理相貌好，但衣衫褴褛。 Truth has a good face, but ill clothes.

酒后露真言。 Truth is at the bottom of the decanter.

Truth lies at the bottom of the decanter.

真理不会骗人，切实无假；真理的力量强大，永存不垮。 Truth is honest, truth is sure; Truth is strong and must endure.

真理比幻想更奇特。 Truth is stranger than fiction.

真理是时间的女儿。 Truth is the daughter of time.

真理是一切知识的基础，是一切社团的纽带。 Truth is the foundation of all knowledge, and the cement of all societies.

事实真相往往不在表面，而在深层。 Truth lies at the bottom of a well.

真理可能被指责，但是决不蒙耻辱。 Truth may be blamed, but shall never be shamed.

真理不需要色彩，美丽不需涂饰。 Truth needs no colour; beauty, no pencil.

真理是打不倒的。 Truth, once crushed, will rise again.

不加装饰是真理的最好的装饰。 Truth's best ornament is nakedness.

真理必胜。 Truth will conquer.

Truth will prevail.

真理树立，不靠支持。 Truth will stand without a prop.

朋友要经考验，才能取得信任。 Try before you trust him.

Try your friend before you trust him.

话到嘴边留三分。 Turn your tongue seven times before speaking.

两个乌黑不等于一个清白。 Two blacks do not make a white.

两猫伴一鼠，两妻居一屋，两狗啃一骨，万难同相处。 Two cats and a mouse, two wives in one house, two dogs and a bone, never agree in one.

两狗啃一骨，相持难服输。 Two dogs over one bone seldom agree.

鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。 Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.

两只耳朵对一舌，故应多听而少说。 Two ears to one tongue, therefore hear twice as much as you speak.

集思广益。 Two heads are better than one.

同病相怜。 Two in distress makes sorrow less.

两人成为伴，三人不结侣。 Two is company, but three is none.

同行是冤家。 Two of a trade seldom agree.

小过彼此不相谅，两人友谊难长久。 Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.

鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。 Two quarrel and a third profits by it.

一穗两雀争，意见乱纷纷。 Two sparrows on one ear of corn make an ill agreement.

心情平静妻贤淑，延年益寿多得福。 Two things does prolong your life: a quiet heart and a loving wife.

两个错误不能构成一个正确。 Two wrongs don't make a right.

团结就是力量。  Union is strength.

粗暴毁爱情。  Unkindness destroys love.

无益雄辩不济事，犹如柏树参天不结果。  Unprofitable eloquence is like the cypress, which is great and tall, but bears no fruit.

不到黄河心不死。  Until all is over one's ambition never dies.

读书如蜜蜂采花，吸取其中之精华。  Use a book as a bee does flowers.

习惯成自然。  Use is a second nature.

虚荣能开花，但从不结果。  Vain glory blossoms but never bears.

笑里藏刀。  Velvet paws hide sharp claws.

吃小亏占大便宜。  Venture a small fish to catch a great one.

胜利属于最坚强不屈的人。  Victory belongs to the most persevering.

人贪钱财，心无美德。  Virtue flies from the heart of a mercenary man.

美德是无价之宝。  Virtue is a jewel of great price.

美德远比美丽更美好。  Virtue is fairer far than beauty.

为善最乐。  Virtue is her own reward.

 Virtue is its own reward.

唯有美德是真正高贵的。  Virtue is the only true nobility.

美德永远不衰老。   Virtue never grows old.

激动时所立的誓言，平静时会忘记的。   Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms.

不知水的深浅，不可粗心趟水过河。  Wade not in unknown water.

行路踏实，言谈深刻，饮酒豪爽，睡眠酣畅。  Walk grounded; talk profoundly; drink roundly; sleep soundly.

隔墙有耳。  Walls have ears.

 Pitchers have ears.

粗心比无知更为有害。  Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge.

战争是死亡的筵席。  War is death's feast.

战争是野蛮人干的事。  War is the business of barbarians.

战争造成盗贼，和平把他们吊死。  War makes thieves, and peace hangs them.

本性难移。洗狗，梳狗，还是狗，老是狗。  Wash a dog, comb a dog, Still a dog, remains a dog.

俭以防匮。不浪费，不愁缺。  Waste not, want not.

浪费时间是一切花费中最奢侈豪华的费用。   Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses.

远水难救近火。   Water afar quenches not fire.