1.A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。

2.Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。

3.Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 逆境出人才。

4.A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。

5.A good fame is better than a good face. 美名胜过美貌。

6.A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend. 戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。

7.All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的不一定都是金子。

8.A single flower does not make a spring. 一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。

9.A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

10.Better late than never. 不怕慢，单怕站。

11.Better to ask the way than go astray. 问路总比迷路好。

12.Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。

13.By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it. 读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。

14.Custom makes all things easy. 有个好习惯，事事皆不难。

15.Eat to live, but not live to eat. 人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。

16.familiarity breeds contempt. 各自识老底，互相瞧不起。

17.Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. 抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。

18.Let bygones be bygones. 过去的就让它过去吧。

19.life is a tragedy to those who feel and a comedy to those who think.

20.No pains, no gains. 没有付出就没有收获。

21.Once bitten, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

22.Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见，心为静。

23.Rome is not built in a day. 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。

24.Seeing is believing. 眼见为实。

25.the more haste, the less speed. 欲速则不达

26.the more noble, the more humble. 人品越高尚，为人越谦逊。

27.wealth is nothing without health.

28.When in Rome, do as the Romans do. 入国问禁，入乡随俗。

29.Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。

30.who chatters to you, will chatter of you. 来说是非者，必是是非人。