adversity is a good disciple.
逆境是鍛鍊人的最好場所。
art is long, life is short.
人生有涯藝無涯。
well begun, half done.
好的開始是成功的一半。
you can't eat your cake and have it also.
世事兩難全。
calamity is man's true touchstone.
患難是人的試金石。
who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.
近墨者黑。
constant dropping wears away a stone.
滴水穿石。
the supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.
生活中最大的幸福是堅信有人愛我們。
the first step is as good as half over.
第一步是最關鍵的一步。
you never know your luck.
命運好壞不由己。
sow nothing, reap nothing.
春不播，秋不收。
the wealth of the mind is the only wealth.
精神的財富是唯一的財富。
you can't judge a tree by its bark.
人不可貌相。
clothes do not make the man.
人不在衣裝。
to be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.
既當演說家，又做實幹家。
variety is the spice of life.
變化是生活的調味品。
little goods, little care.
錢財少，不煩惱。
man struggles upwards; water flows downwards.
人往高處走，水往低處流。
a little pot is soon hot.
壺小易沸，量小易怒。
no sweet without sweat.
幸福來自汗水。
better the last smile than the first laughter.
寧可最後微笑，不要首先狂喜。
one for all, all for one.
我為人人，人人為我。
truth needs no color.
真理不需要打扮。
every why has a wherefore.
凡事必有因。
keeping is harder than winning.
創業難，守業更難。
never do things by halves.
做事不可半途而廢。
no cross, no crown.
未經苦難，得不到榮冠。
the fire is the test of gold; adversity is the test of a strong man.
火對金子是考驗，逆境對人是磨練。
bad times make a good man.
艱難困苦出能人。
there is no royal road to learning.
求知無坦途。
doubt is the key to knowledge.
懷疑是知識的鑰匙。
sharp tools make good work.
工欲善其事，必先利其器。
wasting time is robbing oneself.
浪費時間就是掠奪自己。
nurture passes nature.
教養勝過天性。
there is no garden without its weeds.
沒有不長雜草的花園。
a man is only as good as what he loves.
一個人要用他所愛的東西有多好來衡量。
wealth is the test of a man's character.
財富是對一個人品格的試金石。
the best hearts are always the bravest.
心靈最高尚的人，也總是最勇敢的人。
courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue.
禮貌和美貌是分不開的伴侶。
plain living and high thinking.
生活要樸素，情操要高尚。
good is good, but better carries it.
精益求精，善益求善。
honesty is the best policy.
誠實為上策。
gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
感恩是精神高尚的標誌。
it is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others.
判斷自己比判斷別人要難得多。
an optimist sees the rose; a pessimist the thorn.
樂觀的人看到玫瑰，悲觀的人只看到它的刺。
delays are dangerous.
因拖出危險。
let bygones be bygones.
既往宜不咎。
look on both sides of the shield.
看問題要從兩面看。
you cannot burn the candle at both ends.
蠟燭不能兩頭點。
all men can't be first.
不可能人人得冠軍。
never is a long word.
不要輕易說“決不”。
the overturned cast ahead is a warning to the carts behind.
前車之覆，後車之鑑。
spare the rod and spoil the child.
不打不成器。