【第1句】：一只腳勝過兩根拐杖。One foot is better than two crutches.

【第2句】：富不過三代。Three generations.

【第3句】：由一斑可知全貌。You may know by a handful the whole sack.

【第4句】：自助者天助之。God helps those who help themselves.

【第5句】：朋友之間也會保持距離。Friends keep their distance.

【第6句】：口不應心。The mouth answers not the heart.

【第7句】：好的名聲在黑暗中也會光芒四射。A good name keeps lustre in the dark.

【第8句】：要使農家富又足，必須養雞又養牛。To make a farmer rich and rich, he must raise both chickens and cattle.

【第9句】：求學的三個基本原則是∶多觀察、多吃苦、多鉆研。The three foundations of learning: seeing much, suffering much, and studying much.

【第10句】：最甜的葡萄掛在最高的地方。The sweetest grapes hang highest.

【第11句】：兩句誓言不如一句實話。One honest word is better than two oaths.

【第12句】：遠親不如近鄰。A near neighbour is better than a distant relative.

【第13句】：既是窮光蛋，何慮竊賊偷。A pauper is not worth stealing.

【第14句】：人多活兒輕。Many hands make light work.

【第15句】：夢不足信。Dreams are not to be believed.

【第16句】：不要攬事過多。Don't have too many irons in the fire.

【第17句】：疾風知勁草，患難知友情。Strong winds know strong grass, adversity knows friendship.

【第18句】：有愿望就有信念。Wishing is believing.

【第19句】：拔苗助長。Let the grass grow before it grows.

【第20句】：有個好習慣，事事皆不難。Custom makes all things easy.

【第21句】：不要自尋煩惱。Don't trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.

【第22句】：聰明人隨機應變，愚蠢者固執己見。A wise man changes his mind, a fool never.

【第23句】：在同一個人那里上兩次當只能怪自己。You have only yourself to blame for being taken in twice by the same man.

【第24句】：命運掌握在自己手中。Your destiny is in your own hands.

【第25句】：保持一件壞事的代價超過十件好事。Maintaining one vice costs more than ten virtues.

【第26句】：愛情可使茅屋成為金碧輝煌的宮殿。Love can turn the cottage into a golden palace.

【第27句】：仁慈是社會生活中的陽光。Kindness is the sunshine of social life.

【第28句】：血債要用血來還。Blood will have blood.

【第29句】：不知水的深淺，不可粗心趟水過河。Wade not in unknown water.

【第30句】：賽跑要靠奔跑來贏得。A race is won by running.

【第31句】：囊中無分文，親友不上門。A penniless purse makes no friends.

【第32句】：自立更生，自食其力。Stand on your own two feet.

【第33句】：無功得名是常事，無過失名也是常事。Reputation is often got without merit and lost without fault.

【第34句】：要快樂，最可靠的辦法是忙碌。The surest way to be happy is to be busy.

【第35句】：儉以防匱。Waste not, want not.

【第36句】：吃一塹，長一智。A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.

【第37句】：虛榮能開花，但從不結果。Vanity blossoms but never bears.

【第38句】：凡人皆有得意日(意指：大家都有走運的一天)。Every dog has his day.

【第39句】：一愚所失，百智難回。A fool may throw a stone into the well.

【第40句】：舊情永難忘。Old love will never be forgotten.

【第41句】：害人反害己。Harm set, harm get.

【第42句】：欲捉鳥莫驚鳥。He that would catch a bird must not scare it.

【第43句】：無所得即有所失。Nothing gain, nothing lose.

【第44句】：人愛其家。A man loves his house.

【第45句】：自作孽不可活。You can't do evil to yourself.

【第46句】：如果你是膽小鬼，你就是自己最大的敵人；如果你是勇敢者，你就是自己最好的朋友。If you are a coward, you are your own worst enemy. If you are brave, you are your best friend.

【第47句】：不能既要吃餅，又要把餅保存。You cannot eat your cake and have it.

【第48句】：世界上沒有什么事情，較之虛度年華，一事無成，更使人痛心。Nothing in the world is more distressing than wasting one's time and achieving nothing.

【第49句】：壺小水易熱。A little pot is soon hot.

【第50句】：不要嘲笑皮匠的黑拇指。Do not laugh at a cobbler's black thumb.

【第51句】：不講究方法，辦事就沒有成效。Without method, nothing can be done effectively.

【第52句】：防友靠天，防敵靠己。He who guards his friends depends on the weather; he who guards his enemies depends on himself.

【第53句】：猜疑傷害莫逆之交。Suspicion hurts the best friends.

【第54句】：如果你少問，謊言就難進。If you ask little questions, lies will get you nowhere.

【第55句】：智力勝于財富。Intelligence is better than wealth.

【第56句】：不嘗黃連苦，怎知蜂蜜甜。Who has never tasted bitter, knows not what is sweet.

【第57句】：責備應受責備者，表揚應受表揚者。He who blames, shall be blamed. He who commends, shall be praised.

【第58句】：忍耐是治療一切傷痛的藥膏。Patience is a plaster for all sores.

【第59句】：財少寡憂。Little wealth, little care.

【第60句】：欲知未然，須思已然。If you would know what is yet to be, consider what is already.

【第61句】：活得好等于活得長。He lives long that lives well.

【第62句】：人生如朝露。Life is like the morning dew.

【第63句】：良藥苦口，忠言逆耳。A good medicine tastes bitter.

【第64句】：人貪錢財，心無美德。Virtue is the soul of a covetous man.

【第65句】：適可而止，過猶不及。Enough is as good as too much.

【第66句】：多謀寡成。Many heads make light work.

【第67句】：謊言者要有好的記憶力。Liars need good memories.

【第68句】：一件事情三個人知道就人人知道。A thing known by three is known by all.

【第69句】：一本好書，莫逆之交。A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us.

【第70句】：一個男孩比十二個女孩還要麻煩。One boy is more trouble than twelve girls.

【第71句】：衣食足而后知榮辱。Feed and clothe, and honour and shame follow.

【第72句】：美中有不足。There is a fly in the ointment.

【第73句】：可敬與可笑之間只有一步之差。There is but one step between the sublime and the ridiculous.

【第74句】：再好的朋友也有分手的時候。"Even the best friends break up."

【第75句】：天下無難事，只怕不努力。Nothing is difficult to the man who will not try.

【第76句】：家家難免有敗類。Every family has its black sheep.

【第77句】：達成的協議不可撕毀。A bargain is a bargain.

【第78句】：人心齊，泰山移。With one heart, tai shan yi.

【第79句】：老不老，自己曉。Every man is as old as he is old.

【第80句】：不癡不聾，不作阿家翁。He who is neither blind nor deaf will never be a man.

【第81句】：才智比財富，令人更可羨。Wisdom is more to be envied than riches.

【第82句】：對青年人，我要奉勸幾句話∶工作，工作，再工作。To youth I have but a few words of counsel: work, work, work.

【第83句】：好事多磨。Good things never come easy.

【第84句】：美德遠比美麗更美好。Virtue is fairer far than beauty.

【第85句】：勇者天佑。Fortune favours the bold.

【第86句】：人生在世無朋友，猶如生活無太陽。A life without a friend is a life without a sun.

【第87句】：為財富而結婚就是出賣自由。To marry for wealth is to sell liberty.

【第88句】：歡喜說他歡喜的話者將要聽到他不歡喜的話。He that is glad to say what he likes will hear what he does not.

【第89句】：螞蟻不說話，但最善于說教。The ant preaches best, but says nothing.

【第90句】：忍耐是最好的藥物。Patience is the best physic.

【第91句】：老蜂不釀蜜。Old bees yield no honey.

【第92句】：一見鐘情難維久。Love at first sight lasts not long.

【第93句】：榮譽歸于應得榮譽的人。Honour to whom honour is due.

【第94句】：不能以衣著取人。You can't judge a man by his clothes.

【第95句】：謀士多，保安全。Many hands make light work.

【第96句】：愛產生愛情。Love begets love.

【第97句】：按部就班。Step by step.

【第98句】：良藥苦口利于病，忠言逆耳利于行。A good medicine tastes bitter to the mouth, but good advice tastes bitter to the ear.

【第99句】：孤獨的羊難免遭狼的危險。The lone sheep is in danger from the Wolf.