1. Waste not,want not.
俭以防匮。

2. From saving comes having.
富有来自节俭。

3. A penny saved is a penny gained.
省一文是一文。

4. Take care of the pence and the pound
will take care of themselves.

金钱积少便成多。
5. Frugality is an estate alone.

节俭本身就是一宗财产。
6. He that regards not a penny,will lavish a pound.

小钱不知节省，大钱将滥花。
7. Small gains bring great wealth.

积小利，成巨富。
8. Many a little makes a mickle.
积少便成多。
9. As the touchstone tries gold,so gold tries man.
试金之石可试金，正如黄金能试人。

10.Courage and resolution are the spirit
and soul of virtue.
勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。

11.The path to glory is always rugged.
光荣之路常坎坷。

12.Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上无难事，只要人肯试。

13.The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong man.
烈火试真金，困苦炼壮士。

14.Great hopes make great man.
远大的希望造就伟大的人物。

15.No way is impossible to courage.
勇士面前无险路。

16.A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
平静的大海决不能造就出熟练的水手。

17.The good seaman is known in bad weather.
坏天气下才能识得出良好的海员；要识好海员，须凭
坏天气。

18.The best hearts are always the bravest.
行为最勇敢的人心地总是最善良。

19.We must not lie down,and cry,God help us.
求神不如求己。

20.He that falls today may be up again tomorrow.
今天跌倒的人也许明天就会站起。

21.Rome was not built in a day.
罗马并非一日可建成；坚持必成。

22.Success belongs to the persevering.
胜利属于坚忍不拔的人。

23.We must repeat a thousand and one times that perseverance is the only road to success.
我们要多次重申：不屈不挠是取得胜利的唯一道路。

24.Perseverance is failing nineteen times
and succeeding the twentieth.
十九次失败，到第二十次获得成功，这就叫坚持。

25.Step by step the ladder is ascended.
登梯需要逐级登。

26.Adversity leads to prosperity.
困苦通向昌盛。

27.Patience and application will carry us through.
忍耐和专心会使我们度过难关。

28.Fortune often rewards with interest those
that have patience to wait for her.

做事只要有耐心，到头总会有好运；耐心候好运，好
运常会来。

29.All things will come round to him who will but wait.

只要肯等待，一切都会按时来。

30.Constant dropping wears the stone.
滴水不绝可穿石。

31.Omelets are not made without breaking of eggs.
鸡蛋不打破，蛋卷做不成；不甘愿吃苦，则预期效果
达不到。

32.The world is a ladder for some to go up
and others to go down.
世界好似一把梯，有人上去有人下。

33.There needs a long apprenticeship to understand

the mystery of the world's trade.
要知世事奥秘多，须要长期作学徒。

34.Life is sweet.
生活是可爱的；人无不好生(恶死)。

35.Where there is life,there is hope.
生命不息，希望长在。

36.Life is not all beer and skittles.
人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。

37.Much water runs by the mill that
the miller knows not of.
眼前发生许多事，有些我们并不知。

38.Fortune knocks once at least at every man's door.

人人都有走运的一天。

39.If you are too fortunate,you will not know yourself;

if you are too unfortunate,nobody will know you.
运气太好，见人不睬；运气太坏，无人理会。

40.Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
每一个人都是自身幸福的建筑师。

41.Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth.
记得年轻时所作蠢事的人是幸福的。

42.Misfortunes never (seldom) come alone (single).
祸不单行。

43.Misfortune is a good teacher.
不幸是良好的教师。

44.Misfortunes come at night.
祸常生于不测。

45.Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.
恶运临头后，才知幸运贵。

46.Adversity makes a man wise,not rich.
患难能使人聪明，但不能使人富有。

47.Live and learn.
活到老，学到老。

48.It is never too old to learn.
为学不怕年高。

49.A man becomes learned by asking questions.
要长学问，就得多问；多问则业精。

50.There is no royal road to learning.
学问无坦途。

51.He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning.
畏问之人耻于学。

52.What is learned in the cradle lasts till the grave.
婴孩时期学到的东西，老死不会忘记。

53.Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
知识能使好人更好，坏人更坏。

54.Soon learnt,soon forgotten.
学得快，忘得快。

55.Learn young,learn fair.
为学趁年青，既学须学好。

56.A lazy youth,a lousy age.
少时懒惰老来苦。

57.He that knows nothing,doubts nothing.
无知即无疑。

58.A good name keeps its luster in the dark.
良好的名声在黑暗中也能闪闪发光。

59.Fame is a magnifying glass.
名誉是放大镜。

60.A good fame is better than a good face.
美名胜于美貌。

61.Fame like a river is narrowest at its
source and broadest afar off.
名誉如河流，发源处最狭，愈远愈宽广。

62.Take honour from me and my life is done.
没有名誉，就没有了生命。

63.Beware of him who regards not his reputation.
要谨防不重名誉的人。

64.It is better to die with honour than to live in infamy.
光荣的死胜于羞辱的生。

65.Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.
成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。

66.Reputation is often got without merit
and lost without fault.
无功得名是常事，无过失名也是常事。

67.Your father's honour is to you
but a second-hand honour.
对于你来说，父亲的荣誉只是间接的荣誉。

68.Never trust another what you should do yourself.
自己该做的事，决不要委托给旁人做。

69.It is an equal failing to trust everybody,
and to trust nobody.
信任一切与不信任任何人，同样是弱点。

70.Eat a peck of salt with a man before you trust him.
在你信任一个人之前，先要深入了解他。

71.If you trust before you try,
you may repent before you die.
不经考验就依赖，不到瞑目便的悔。

72.Never trust to fine words.
切勿轻信漂亮话。

73.Trust not a great weight to a slender thread.
细线挂重物，终究不可靠。

74.Be just to all,but trust not all.
要对一切人都公正，但不要对一切人都信任。

75.Trust thyself only,and another shall not betray thee.
只要信任你自己，旁人才不出卖你。

76.Self-trust is the essence of heroism.
自信为英雄品质之本。

77.Confidence is a plant of slow growth.
信任是一种生长缓慢的植物。

78.Truth is the daughter of time.
真理是时间的女儿。

79.Truth hath a good face,but ill clothes.
真理面目善良；但衣衫褴褛。

80.Truth and roses have thorns about them.
真理和玫瑰，身旁都有刺。

81.Truth may be blamed,but shall never be shamed.
真理可能会被责难，但绝不会受羞辱。

82.Though malice may darken truth,it cannot put it out.
恶意可以糟塌真理；但无法消灭真理。

83.Truth will prevail.
真理必胜。

84.Truth's best ornament is nakedness.
不加掩饰乃是真理的最好装饰。

85.Facts are stubborn things.
事实是最顽强的东西。

86.Sooner or later,the truth comes to light.
真相迟早会大白。

87.The truths we least like to hear are those
which it is most to our advantage to know.
我们最不愿意听到的事实，往往是我们知道了会
大有好处的事实。

88.Falsehood like a nettle stings those
who meddle with it.
谎言似荨麻，玩弄会刺手。

89.There is many a fair thing full false.
有许多说得好听的东西充满了谬误。

90.Though a lie be well drest,it is ever overcome.
谎言装扮虽不错，到头总会被揭露。

91.A lie begets a lie till they come to generations.
谎言生谎言，谎言世代传。

92.A false tongue will hardly speak truth.
假舌不会吐真言。

93.False with one can be false with two.
对一个人虚假，也会对两个人虚假。

94.He that will lie will steal.
会说谎的人也就会偷窃。

95.Gossiping and lying go together.
流言常和谎话并行。

96.Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.
含糊其词是谎话的近亲。

97.A great talker is a great liar.
最会夸夸其谈的人也最会说谎。

98.The greatest liars talk most of themselves.
最爱自吹自擂的人是最大的说谎者。

99.Lying rides upon debt's back.
负债的人谎话多。

100. Lying is the first step to the gallows.
说谎是上断头台的第一步。

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　　1. a bosom friend afar brings a distant land near. 海内存知己，天涯若比邻。
2. a common danger causes common action. 同舟共济。
3. a contented mind is a continual / perpetual feast. 知足常乐。
4. a fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。
5. a guest should suit the convenience of the host. 客随主便。
6. a letter from home is a priceless treasure. 家书抵万金。
7. all rivers run into the sea. 殊途同归。
8. all time is no time when it is past. 机不可失，时不再来。
9. an apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一日一个苹果，身体健康不求医。
10. as heroes think, so thought bruce. 英雄所见略同。
11. a young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
12. behind the mountains there are people to be found. 天外有天，山外有山。
13. bad luck often brings good luck. 塞翁失马，安知非福。
14. bread is the stall of life. 面包是生命的支柱。(民以食为天。)
15. business is business. 公事公办。
16. clumsy birds have to start flying early. 笨鸟先飞。
17. courtesy costs nothing. 礼多人不怪。
18. custom makes all things easy. 习惯成自然。
19. desire has no rest. 人的欲望无止境。
20. difficult the first time, easy the second. 一回生，二回熟。
21. do not change horses in mid-stream. 别在河流中间换马。
22. do not have too many irons in the fire. 贪多嚼不烂。
23. do not pull all your eggs in one basket. 别把所有的蛋都放在一个篮子里。(不要孤注一掷。)
24. do not teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。
25. east or west, home is the best. 东奔西跑，还是家里好。
26. experience is the best teacher. 实践出真知。
27. fact is stranger than fiction. 事实比虚构更离奇。(大千世界，无奇不有。)
28. faith can move mountains. 信念能移山。(精诚所至，金石为开。)
29. first impressions are half the battle. 先入为主。
30. give as good as one gets. 一报还一报。(以德报德，以怨还怨。)
31. give everyone his due. 一视同仁。
32. good wine needs no bush. 酒香不怕巷子深。
33. haste makes waste. 欲速则不达。(忙中常出错。)
34. he that promises too much means nothing. 轻诺者寡信。
35. he who has an art has everywhere a part. 一招鲜，吃遍天。
36. he would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. 千里之行始于足下。
37. home is where the heart is. 心在哪里，哪里就是家。
38. 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。)
39. in peace prepare for war. 平时准备战时。(居安思危。)
40. it is never too late to mend. 亡羊补牢，犹未为晚。
41. it six of one and half a dozen of the other. 彼此彼此。
42. just has long arms. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
43. keep something for a rainy day. 未雨绸缪。
44. life is a span. 人生如朝露。
45. man proposes, god disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。
46. meet plot with plot. 将计就计。
47. merry meet, merry part. 好聚好散。
48. mind acts upon mind. 心有灵犀一点通。
49. never hit a man when he is down. 不要落井下石。
50. never judge by appearances. 切莫以貌取人。
51. no fire without smoke. 无风不起浪。
52. nurture passes nature. 教养胜过天性。
53. one is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。
54. one swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。(一花独放不是春。)
55. one who has seen the ocean thinks nothing of mere rivers. 曾经沧海难为水。
56. out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见，心不烦。
57. practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
58. poverty is stranger to industry. 勤劳之人不受穷。
59. rome was not built in a day. 罗马不是一日建成的。(伟业非一日之功。)
60. sense comes with age. 老马识途。
61. so many men, so many minds. 人心各不同。
62. some thing is learned every time a book is opened. 开卷有益。
63. strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁。
64. the car will find its way round the hill when it gets there. 车到山前必有路。
65. the heart is seen in wine. 酒后吐真言。
66. the older the wiser. 人老智多。(姜还是老的辣。)
67. the worse luck now, the better another time. 风水轮流转。
68. thoughts are free from toll. 思想不用交税。(人人都可以自由思考。)
69. time tries all things. 时间检验一切。
70. use legs and have legs. 经常用腿，健步如飞。
71. virtue never grows old. 美德常青。
72. walls have ears. 隔墙有耳。
73. what is done cannot be undone. 覆水难收。
74. wine in, truth out. 酒后吐真言。
75. you are only young once. 青春只有一次。
76. you cannot burn the candle at both ends. 蜡烛不可两头燃。(鱼和熊掌不可兼得。)
77. you cannot have your cake and eat it. 有得就有失。(事难两全其美。)
78. you never know till you have tried. 事非经过不知难。
79. youth will be served. 青春好作乐。
80. zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse. 无知的狂热是脱缰的野马。
81.a bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。
82.beauty is the eyes of the beholder情人眼里出西施
83.a bad thing never dies. 遗臭万年。
84a bad workman always blames his tools. 不会撑船怪河弯。
85.a bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
86a boaster and a liar are cousins-german. 吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
87a bully is always a coward. 色厉内荏。
88a burden of one"s choice is not felt. 爱挑的担子不嫌重。
89a candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
90actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
91adversity leads to prosperity. 穷则思变。
92a little body often harbors a great soul. 浓缩的都是精品。
93a fair death honors the whole life. 死得其所，流芳百世。
94a fox may grow gray, but never good. 江山易改，本性难移。
95a good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。
96a good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者善终。
97a good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。
98a good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 一本好书，相伴一生。
99a good conscience is a soft pillow. 不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
100a hedge between keeps friendship green. 君子之交淡如水。