1.a bad workman always blames his tools. 拙匠總怪工具差。
2.a contented mind is a perpetual feast. 知足長樂。
3.a good beginning is half the battle. 好的開端等於成功一半。
4.a little pot is soon hot. 壺小易熱，量小易怒。
5.all lay loads on a willing horse. 好馬重負。
6.a merry heart goes all the way. 心情愉快，萬事順利 。
7.bad excuses are worse than none. 狡辯比不辯護還糟 。
8.character is the first and last word in the success circle.
人的品格是事業成功的先決條件。
9.cleanliness is next to godliness. 整潔近於美德 。
10.courtesy costs nothing. 彬彬有禮，惠而不費 。
11.doing nothing is doing ill. 無所事事，必幹壞事。
12.early to bed, early to rise, make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
睡得早，起得早，聰明、富裕、身體好 。
13.empty vessels make the most noise. 滿瓶子不響，半瓶子晃蕩 。
14.every man hath his weak side. 人皆有弱點 。
15.everything ought to be beautiful in a human being: face, dress, soul and idea.
人的一切都應當是美麗的：容貌、衣著、心靈和思想。
16.extremes are dangerous. 凡事走向極端是危險的 。
17.good advice is harsh to the ear. 忠言逆耳 。
18.grasp all, lose all. 欲盡得，必盡失 。
19.great hopes make great men. 偉大的理想造就偉大的人物。
20.handsome is he who does handsomely. 行為美者才真美。
21.have but few friends, though many acquaintances. 結交可廣，知己宜少。
22.hear all parties.兼聽則明，偏聽則暗 。
23.he is a wise man who speaks little. 智者寡言。
24.he is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.
有自知之明者被人尊敬。
25.he is rich enough that wants nothing.
無欲者最富有，貪慾者最貧窮。
26.he is truly happy who makes others happy.
使他人幸福的人，是真正的幸福。
27.honesty is the best policy. 誠實乃上策。
28.hope for the best and prepare for the worst.抱最好的希望，作最壞的準備。
29.idleness is the root of all evil. 懶惰是萬惡之源 。
30.if we dream, everything is possible. 敢於夢想，一切都將成為可能。
31.kind hearts are the gardens, kind thoughts are the roots, kind words are flowers and kind deeds are the fruits.
仁慈的心田是花園，崇高的思想是根莖，友善的言語是花朵，良好的行為是果實。
32.laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep lone.
歡笑，整個世界伴你歡笑。哭泣，只有你獨自向隅而泣 。
33.life is measured by thought and action not by time.
34.life is not all beer and skittles. 人生並非儘是樂事 。
35.long absent, soon forgotten. 別久情疏 。
36.look before you leap. 三思而後行 。
37.lookers-on see most of the game. 旁觀者清，當局者迷。
38.manners make the man.觀其待人而知其人 。
39.misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. 患難識知交。