1.No sweet without sweat.
Sow nothing, reap nothing        
no pains, no gains
 
没有耕耘就没有收获
 
2.One is as old as one’s heart.
 
心有多老人有多老
 
3. Time heals all sorrows.
 
时间治愈一切创伤
 
4.Many hands make light work.
 
人多力量大
 
5.A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
千里之行始于足下
 
6.Where there is smoke, there is fire.
无风不起浪
 
7.As poor as a church mouse.
一贫如洗
 
8.A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口
 
9.Clothes make the man.
 人靠衣装,佛靠金装
 
10.Clothes don’t make the man.
 不能以貌取人
 
 
11.Strike while the iron is hot.
趁热打铁

12.Look before you leap.
三思而后行
 
13.To teach a fish how to swim.
班门弄斧
 
14.Self-trust is the first secret of success.
自信是成功的秘诀
 
15.Better late than never.
迟做总比不做好
 
16.God helps those who help themselves.
自助者天助
 
17.Love me, love my dog.
爱屋及乌
 
18.Rome was not built in a day.
伟业非一日之功
 
19.Like father , Like son.
有其父必有其子
 
20.Well begun, half done
好的开端,成功的一半
 
21.Every cloud has a silver lining
否极泰来
 
22.Where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者事竟成
 
23.Haste makes waste.
欲速则不达
 
24.All roads lead to Rome.
条条道路通罗马
 
25.Time and tide waits for no man
岁月不等人
 
26.Honesty is the best policy.
诚实是上策
 
27.Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
早睡早起使人健康, 富有, 和聪明
 
28.An apple a day keeps doctor away
一日一个苹果不用看医生
 
29.No venture, no gain
不入虎穴,焉得虎子
 
30.No pains , no gains
不劳无获
 
31.Action speaks louder than words
事实胜于雄辩

32.Living well is the best revenge
活得好就是最好的报复
 
33.A famed person and a fatted pig are alike
人怕出名猪怕壮
 
34.Sow nothing, reap nothing.
 春不播,秋不收
 
35.It is easy to be wise after the event.
事后诸葛亮容易当
 
36.Pride goes before a fall.
37.骄者必败
 
38.Let bygones be bygones.
既往不咎
 
39.A man is known by the company he keeps
观其友,知其人
 
40.Learning is a bitter root, but it bears sweet fruit.
学习根苦果甜
 
41.Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.
智慧对大脑如健康对人体一样重要
 
42.Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact
man 
读书使人渊博,交谈使人机敏,写作使人严谨
 
43.Knowledge comes from diligence
知识来自勤奋
 
44.Silence gives consent
沉默就是赞成
 
45.Many a little makes a mickle
积少成多
 
46.Turn geese into swans
言过其实

47.As you make your bed, so you must lie on it
自作自受
 
48.Far fowls have fair feathers
得不到的东西最美
 
49.Better be sure than sorry
稳当总比后悔好
 
50.No man is indispensable
离开谁地球都照样转
 
51.You can not make a crab walk straight
不能强人所难
 
52.A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone
肉骨头打狗，狗不叫
 
53.Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl
 近朱者赤，近墨者黑
 
54.A friend is known in necessity
患难见友情
 
55.Poverty tries friends
贫穷考验朋友
 
56.A friend to all is a friend to none
和人人是朋友，和谁也不是朋友
 
57.Friendship can't stand always on one side
友谊是双方的事
 
58.A friend is easier lost than found
朋友易失不易得
 
59.Every man has his faults
人都有缺点
 
60.One tree does not make a forest
独木不成林
 
61.One flower does not make a spring
一花独放不是春
 
62.One swallow does not make a summer
孤雁不成夏
 
63.Where there is unity, there is victory
团结就是力量
 
64.Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it
 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利
 
65.Love me little, love me long
 爱情应细水长流
 
66.Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder
情人眼里出西施
 
67.Blood is thicker than water
血浓于水
 
68.Absence makes the heart grow fonder
越是不见越想念
 
69.A man is as old as he feels and a woman as old as she looks
 
70.Petted daughters make silly wives
宠坏的女儿会变成傻婆娘
 
71.Better a glorious death than a shameful life
宁为玉碎不为瓦全
 
72.When in Rome do as the Romans do
入乡随俗
 
73.A penny saved is a penny gained
省一分是一分
 
74.One false move may lose the whole game
一步走错步步错
 
75.Procrastination is the thief of time
拖延是时间的贼
 
76.Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today
今天能做的事情不要拖到明天做
 
77.Seeing is believing
眼见为实
 
78.Lightly gained, quickly lost
得之容易失之快
 
79.You may take a horse to the water, but you can't make him drink
80.Art is long, life is short
艺术永恒，生命长久
 
81.No man is wise at all times
没有聪明一世的人
 
82.Constant dropping wears away a stone
水滴石穿
 
83.Killing two birds with one stone
一箭双雕
 
84.Put the cart before the horse
本末倒置
 
85.All your swans become geese
美妙希望成泡影