1、Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.　　人生是一幅大画布，你应该努力绘出绚丽多彩的画面。

2、The best hearts are always the bravest.　　心灵最高尚的人，也总是最勇敢的人。

3、One never lose anything by politeness.　　讲礼貌不吃亏。

4、Variety is the spice of life.　　变化是生活的调味品。

5、All rivers run into the sea.　　殊途同归。

6、Keep something for a rainy day.　　未雨绸缪。

7、The world is like a mirror: Frown at itand it frowns at you; smile, and it smiles too.　　世界犹如一面镜子：朝它皱眉它就朝你皱眉，朝它微笑它也吵你微笑。

8、It six of one and half a dozen of the other.　　彼此彼此。

9、A guest should suit the convenience of the host.　　客随主便。

10、Life is but a hard and tortuous journey.　　人生即是一段艰难曲折的旅程，人生无坦途。

11、The reason why a great man is great is that he resolves to be a great man.　　伟人之所以伟大，是因为他立志要成为伟大的人。

12、He would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.　　千里之行始于足下。

13、A man is only as good as what he loves.　　一个人要用他所爱的东西有多好来衡量。

14、Man proposes, God disposes.　　谋事在人，成事在天。

15、A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.　　吃一堑，长一智。

16、Sense comes with age.　　老马识途。

17、Just has long arms.　　天网恢恢，疏而不漏。

18、First impressions are half the battle.　　先入为主。

19、Life is a span.　　人生如朝露。

20、There is no garden without its weeds.　　没有不长杂草的花园。

21、Meet plot with plot.　　将计就计。

22、What is done cannot be undone.　　覆水难收。

23、Time tries all things.　　时间检验一切。

24、Virtue never grows old.　　美德常青。

25、Do one thing at a time, and do well.　　一次只做一件事，做到最好！

26、If you are not inside a house, you don not know about its leaking.　　不在屋里，不知漏雨。（亲身经历才有体会。）

27、Clumsy birds have to start flying early.　　笨鸟先飞。

28、Experience is the best teacher.　　实践出真知。

29、Merry meet, merry part.　　好聚好散。

30、Do not teach fish to swim.　　不要班门弄斧。

31、Wine in, truth out.　　酒后吐真言。

32、So many men, so many minds.　　人心各不同。

33、Use legs and have legs.　　经常用腿，健步如飞。

34、Custom makes all things easy.　　习惯成自然。

35、Life is like music. It must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule.　　人生如一首乐曲，要用乐感，感情和直觉去谱写，不能只按乐律行事。

36、He who has an art has everywhere a part.　　一招鲜，吃遍天。

37、A man's best friends are his ten fingers.　　人最好的朋友是自己的十个手指。

38、As heroes think, so thought Bruce.　　英雄所见略同。

39、Suffering is the most powerful teacher of life.　　苦难是人生最伟大的老师。

40、Nurture passes nature.　　教养胜过天性。

41、Some thing is learned every time a book is opened.　　开卷有益。

42、One is never too old to learn.　　活到老，学到老。

43、Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.　　生活是绘画，不是做算术。

44、Good wine needs no bush.　　酒香不怕巷子深。

45、Sharp tools make good work.　　工欲善其事，必先利其器。

46、Walls have ears.　　隔墙有耳。

47、Poverty is stranger to industry.　　勤劳之人不受穷。

48、One swallow does not make a summer.　　一燕不成夏。（一花独放不是春。）

49、Haste makes waste.　　欲速则不达。

50、Sow nothing, reap nothing.　　春不播，秋不收。

51、One who has seen the ocean thinks nothing of mere rivers.　　曾经沧海难为水。

52、Doubt is the key to knowledge.　　怀疑是知识的钥匙。

53、Bad times make a good man.　　艰难困苦出能人。

54、The wealth of the mind is the only wealth.　　精神的财富是唯一的财富。

55、An apple a day keeps the doctor away.　　一日一个苹果，身体健康不求医。

56、Desire has no rest.　　人的欲望无止境。

57、A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.　　海内存知己，天涯若比邻。

58、He that promises too much means nothing.　　轻诺者寡信。

59、Do not have too many irons in the fire.　　贪多嚼不烂。

60、To be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.　　既当演说家，又做实干家。

61、All time is no time when it is past.　　机不可失，时不再来。

62、Do not change horses in mid-stream.　　别在河流中间换马。

63、You can't judge a tree by its bark.　　人不可貌相。

64、Home is where the heart is.　　心在哪里，哪里就是家。

65、Life is a horse, and either you ride it or it rides you.　　人生像一匹马，你不驾驭它，它便驾驭你。

66、The heart is seen in wine.　　酒后吐真言。

67、Life is fine and enjoyable, yet you must learn to enjoy your fine life.　　人生是美好的，但要学会如何享用美好的生活。

68、Strike while the iron is hot.　　趁热打铁。

69、Life is real, life is earnest.　　人生真实，人生诚挚。

70、Only they who fulfill their duties in everyday matters will fulfill them on great occasions.　　只有在日常生活中尽责的人才会在重大时刻尽责。

71、A contented mind is a continual / perpetual feast.　　知足常乐。

72、Faith can move mountains.　　信念能移山。（精诚所至，金石为开。）

73、There is no royal road to learning.　　求知无坦途。

74、A letter from home is a priceless treasure.　　家书抵万金。