a good book is a light to the soul. 好書一本，照亮心靈。
a good conscience is a continual feast. 白日不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。
a good conscience is a soft pillow. 白日不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。
a good dog deserves a good bone. 有勞得獎。
a good example is the best sermon. 身教勝似言教。
a good face is a letter of recommendation. 好的相貌就是一封推薦的介紹信。
a good face needs no paint. 美貌無需擦脂抹粉。
a good fame is better than a good face. 好的名望勝於好的相貌。
a good friend is my nearest relation. 良友如近親。
a good head and an industrious hand are worth gold in any land. 聰明腦袋勤勞手，走遍天下貴如金。
a good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold. 健康的身體貴於黃金鑄成的皇冠。
a good heart cant's lie. 有仁心者不說謊話。
a good heart conquers ill fortune. 善心克厄運。
a good horse cannot be of a bad colour. 良馬的毛色不會差。
a good horse often needs a good spur. 好馬常要好靴刺。
a good marksman may miss. 智者千慮，必有一失。
a good maxim is never out of season. 至理名言佳句不會過時。
a good medicine tastes bitter. 良藥苦口，忠言逆耳。
a good name is better than riches. 好名譽勝過有財富。
a good name is earlier lost than won. 失去美名易，得到美名難。
a good name is sooner lost than won. 美譽難得而易失。
a good name keeps lustre in the dark. 好的名聲在黑暗中也會光芒四射。
a good neighbour is better than a bother in the next village. 遠親不如近鄰。
a good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand. 出色的外科醫生必須心明眼亮和有一雙靈巧的手。
a good tale is none the worse for being twice told. 好故事百聽不厭。
a good tongue is a good weapon. 伶俐的口齒是一種銳利的武器。
a good wife makes a good husband. 有好妻子就有好丈夫。
a good winter brings a good summer. 瑞雪兆豐年。
a great talker is a great liar. 最會饒舌的人也是最會說謊的人。
a great ship asks deep water. 巨輪尋深水而航行。
a guilty conscience is a self-accuser. 做賊心虛，良心自誅。
a guilty conscience needs no accuser. 賊膽心虛。
a handful of common sense is worth bushel of learning. 一點小常識常勝過很多有價值的學問。
a happy heart makes a blooming visage. 心花怒放，笑逐顏開。
a hasty man is seldom out of trouble. 性急難免出岔子。
a heavy purse makes a light heart. 腰包錢財足，心境自然寬。
a heavy snow promise a good harvest. 瑞雪兆豐年。
a hero is known in the time of misfortune. 時勢造英雄。
a horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings. 相馬不可憑馬的裝飾。
a house divided against itself cannot stand. 家庭內訌難維繫。
a jack of all trades and master of none. 三腳貓無所長。
a joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend. 開玩笑總不能化敵為友，反而有時會失去朋友。
a journey of a thousand miles begains with a single step. 千里之行，始於足下。
a lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich. 窮人的一隻羔羊比富人的一頭牛還要珍貴。
a lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. 懶羊嫌毛重
a lazy youth, a lousy age. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
ale will make a cat speak. 酒後吐真言。
a liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 騙子說真話，也沒人相信。