1. a bad beginning makes a bad ending. 開頭不好，結尾必糟。
2. a bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 蛋糕莫保留，壞習氣要除掉。
3. a bad workman always blames his tools. 劣工咎器。
4. a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 兩鳥在林，不如一鳥在手。
5. a body without knowledge is like a house without a foundation. 人無知猶如房屋無基。
6. a book is like a garden carried in the pocket. 書是隨時攜帶的花園。
7. a candle lights others and consumes itself. 蠟燭照亮了別人，燃盡了自己。
8. a door must be either shut or open. 門不關就得開，二者必居其一。 / 非此即彼。
9. a friend is a second self. 朋友是第二個自我。
10. a good beginning makes a good ending. 欲善其終 , 必先善其始。
11. a good medicine tastes bitter. 良藥苦口利於病，忠言逆耳利於行。
12. a lazy youth, a lousy age. 少年懶惰，老來貧苦。
13. a life without a friend is a life without a sun. 人生沒有朋友，猶如生活沒有陽光。
14. a little help is worth a deal of pity. 一次行動勝過一筐空話。
15. a little is better than none. 有一點總比沒有好。
16. a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解，害已誤人。
17. a little labour, much health. 常常走動，無病無痛。
18. a little learning is a dangerous thing. 淺學寡識是件危險的事。
19. a little of everything, and nothing at all. 樣樣皆通，樣樣稀鬆。
20. a man is never too old to learn. 活到老，學到老。
21. a merry heart goes all the way. 心情愉快，辦事痛快。
22. a picture is a poem without words. 畫為無言詩。
23. a snow year, a good year. 瑞雪兆豐年。
24. a thing of beauty is a joy for ever. 美好的事物永遠是一種快樂。
25. a thousand mile trip begins with one step. 千里之行，始於足下。
26. a tree is known by its fruit. 觀其行而知其人。
27. a word spoken cannot be recalled. 一言說出，難以收回。
28. a word to the wise is enough. 聰明人不用細說。
29. a work ill done must be twice done. 工作未乾好，只得重返工。
30. act fairly by all men. 一視同仁。
31. actions speak louder than words. 事實勝於雄辯。
32. adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 困難和不幸不能使人富有，卻能使人聰明。
33. after rain comes fair weather. 否極泰來。
34. after supper walk a mile. 飯後百步走，活到九十九。
35. all are not friends that speak us fair. 說好話的不一定都是朋友。
36. all beginnings are hard. 萬事開頭難。
37. all men can't be first. 並非所有的都能獲第一。
38. all roads lead to rome. 處處有路通長安。
39. all things are difficult before they are easy. 萬事開頭難。
40. all work and no play makes jack a dull boy. 只工作而無娛樂會使人愚鈍。
41. an apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一個蘋果，醫生不來找我。
42. an empty bag cannot stand upright. 空袋子放不真。
43. an evil lesson is soon learned. 學壞容易。
44. an honest man's word is as good as his bond. 君子一言，駟馬難追。
45. an hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之計在於晨。
46. an idle youth, a needy age. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
47. an ill workman quarrels with his tools. 不會撐船怪河彎。
48. art is long, life is short. 生有涯而知無涯。
49. as a man sows, so shall he reap. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
50. as one door closes, another door opens. 天無絕人之路。
51. as the wind blows, you must set your sail. 趁風揚帆。
52. as you brew, so you must drink. 自作自受。
53. bad luck always comes in threes. 禍不單行。
54. bad news travels fast. 壞事傳千里。
55. be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing. 擇友宜慎，棄之宜更慎。
56. be slow to promise and quick to perform. 重諾守信。
57. be swift to hear, slow to speak. 多聽少說。
58. beauty is but skin-deep. 不可以貌取人。
59. beauty is truth, truth beauty. 美即是真，真即是美。
60. better a little fire to warm us, than a great fire to burn us. 寧要小火暖身，不要大火灼人。
61. better a little loss than a long sorrow. 寧可作點犧牲，不要長久悲痛。
62. better ask twice than lose your way once. 問路兩次勝過迷路一次。
63. better be sure than sorry. 要安全，不要危險。
64. better early than late. 寧早勿遲。
65. better late than never. 這到總比不到強。
66. better lost than found. 寧可丟掉，不願找到。(常針對不喜歡的人或物。)
67. better safe than sorry. 安全勝過遺憾。
68. better small fish than empty dish. 盤中小魚勝無魚。
69. better the last smile than the first laughter. 笑在前不如笑在後。
70. better to ask the way than go astray. 多問不吃虧。
71. better to be safe than sorry. 安全勝過遺憾。
72. better to do well than to say well. 嘴勤不如手勤。
73. better to have than wish. 現有勝過心想。
74. birds of a feather flock together. 物以類聚，人以群分。
75. bite off more than one can chew. 貪多嚼不爛。
76. blood is thicker than water. 血濃於水。
77. books and friends should be few but good. 擇友如藏書，皆宜少而精。
78. both together do best of all. 人心齊，泰山移。
79. busiest men find the most time. 最忙的人時間最多。
80. business before pleasure. 先工作，後娛樂。
81. business is business. 生意是生意，交情歸交情。
82. by doing nothing we learn to do ill. 一閒生百邪。
83. by learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn. 教學相長。
84. by reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it. 讀書益智，交談搏彩。
85. by uniting we stand, by dividing we fall. 團結則存，分裂則亡。
86. call a spade a spade. 直言不諱。
87. care and diligence bring luck. 細心勤奮，帶來好運。
88. care brings grey hair. 愁一愁，白了頭。
89. care is enemy to health. 憂慮有損健康。
90. care will kill a cat. 憂慮傷神。
91. children and fools cannot lie. 小孩和傻瓜嘴裡沒謊話。
92. children and fools speak the truth. 童子吐真言。
93. children are what the mothers are. 有其母，必有其子。
94. children have the qualities of the parents. 有什麼樣的父母，就有什麼樣的孩子。
95. christmas comes but once a year. 聖誕節每年只有一次。
96. clothes don't make the man. 好馬不在鞍，人美不在衫。
97. clothes make the man. 人靠衣服馬靠鞍。
98. confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. 信心為成功之始。
99. content is better than riches. 知足常樂。 100. content is happiness. 知足常樂。
101. custom is a second nature. 習俗是人的第二天性。
102. custom makes all the things easy. 形成習慣，事事好辦。
103. cut your coat according to your cloth. 看布裁衣。
104. deeds are males and words are females. 會說不如會幹。
105. delays are dangerous. 拖延誤事。
106. diamond cut diamond. 勢均力敵。
107. diligence is the mother of good luck. 幸運出自勤奮。
108. diligence is the greatest of teachers. 勤奮是最偉大的導師。
109. diligence is the mother of success. 成功來自勤奮。
110. disappointment is the nurse of wisdom. 挫折哺育智慧。
111. discontent is the first step in progress. 不滿足是進取的第一步。
112. do as i say, not as i do. 照我說的做，不要照我乾的做。
113. do as the romans do. 入國問禁，入鄉隨俗。
114. do it now. 說乾就乾，機不可失。
115. do not attend to two things at a time. 一心不能二用。
116. do not cry for the moon. 不要異想天開。
117. do not try out before you are hurt. 不要沒碰到就叫。
118. do not cut down the tree that gives you shade. 不能過河拆橋。
119. do nothing by halves. 不可半途而廢。
120. do on the hill as you would do in the hall. 人前人後一個樣。
121. do what you ought, and come what can. 但知行好事，莫要問前程。
122. doing is better than saying. 空言無補。
123. doing nothing is doing ill. 遊手好閒就是學壞。
124. don't bite off more than you can chew. 貪多嚼不爛。
125. don't change horses in the middle of a stream. 病重不宜換郎中。
126. don't climb a tree to look for fish. 不可緣木求魚。
127. don't count your chickens before they are hatched. 不要高興太早。
128. don't forget to cross your t's. 不要丟三落四。
129. don't have too many irons in the fire. 貪多嚼不爛。
130. don't judge a book by its cover. 書的價值不在封面。
131. don't judge by appearance. 不可以貌取人。
132. there is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. 133. true love never dies.
134. where there is love, there is life.
135. learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
136. shoot fro the moon, even if you miss you'll land among the stars.
137. the best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. they must be felt with heart.
138. eat bread with pleasure, drink wine by measure.
139. love is a fruit in season at all times.
140. nothing in the world has ever been accompolished without passion.