1. 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。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.生活是绘画，不是做算术。
7. The wealth of the mind is the only wealth.精神的财富是唯一的财富。
8. You can't judge a tree by its bark.人不可貌相。
9. Sharp tools make good work.工欲善其事，必先利其器。
10. Wasting time is robbing oneself.浪费时间就是掠夺自己。
11. Nurture passes nature.教养胜过天性。
12. There is no garden without its weeds.没有不长杂草的花园。
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. Wealth is the test of a man's character.财富是对一个人品格的试金石。
15. The best hearts are always the bravest.心灵最高尚的人，也总是最勇敢的人。
16. One never lose anything by politeness.讲礼貌不吃亏。
17. There's only one corner of the universe you can be sure of improving, and that's your own self.这个宇宙中只有一个角落你肯定可以改进，那就是你自己。
18. 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。
19. To be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.既当演说家，又做实干家。
20. Variety is the spice of life.变化是生活的调味品。
21. Bad times make a good man.艰难困苦出能人。
22. There is no royal road to learning.求知无坦途。
23. The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.世界上对勇气的最大考验是忍受失败而不丧失信心。
24. A man's best friends are his ten fingers.人最好的朋友是自己的十个手指。(
25. 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。
26. The shortest way to do many things is to only one thing at a time.做许多事情的捷径就是一次只做一件事。
27. Sow nothing, reap nothing.春不播，秋不收。
28. Life is real, life is earnest.人生真实，人生诚挚。
29. Life would be too smooth if it had no rubs in it.生活若无波折险阻，就会过于平淡无奇。
30. Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions form insufficient premises.生活是一种艺术，要在不充足的前提下得出充足的结论。
Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.(脑中有知识，胜过手中有金钱。)
The voice of one man is the voice of no one. (一个人的声音没有力量。)
A great ship asks for deep waters.(大船要走深水。)
While there is life, there is hope.(有生命便有希望/留得青山在,哪怕没柴烧)
Two heads are better than one. (一人不及二人智;三个臭皮匠,胜个过一个诸葛亮。)
Wise men learn by other mens mistakes; fools by their own.
(聪明人从别人的错误中学得教训;笨人则自己付出代价。他山之石可以攻玉。)
Good company on the road is the shortest cut. (行路有良伴就是捷径。)
All for one, one for all.
人人为我，我为人人。 [法] Dumas pre大仲马
Other men live to eat, while I eat to live.
别人为食而生存，我为生存而食。 Socrates 苏格拉底
Easy come, easy go.
易得者亦易失。 Hazlitt赫斯特
Love rules his kingdom without a sword.
爱，统治了他的王国，不用一枝利剑。 Herbert 赫伯特
We soon believe what we desire.
我们欲望中的东西，我们很快就信以为真。 Chaucer乔叟
The darkest hour is that before the dawn.
黎明前的时分是最黑暗的。 Fuller 富勒
The longest day has an end.
最难过的日子也有尽头。 Howell 贺韦尔
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
生活而无目标，犹如航海之无指南针。 J. Ruskin 鲁斯金
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
手中的一只鸟胜于林中的两只鸟。 Heywood 希伍德
One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。 Taverner 泰维纳
A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make it drink.
一个人可以把马带到河边，但他不能令它饮水。 Heywood 希伍德
One cannot eat ones cake and have it.
一个人不能把他的糕饼吃掉之后还留在手上。 Davies 戴维斯
Time is money.
时间就是金钱。 Benjamin Franklin富兰克林
Time and tide wait for no man.
时间不等人。 Scott 斯科特
There is no rose without a thorn.
没有玫瑰花是不长刺的。 Ray 雷
Lookers-on see most of the game.
旁观者清。 Smedley 斯密莱
It takes all sorts to make a world. (世界是由各种不同的'人所组成的。)
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.(无热情成就不了伟业。)
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.(没有恒心只有力量是完不成伟业。)
It is never too late to learn. (活到老，学到老。)
It is never too late to mend. (亡羊补牢，犹时未晚。)
The secret of success is constancy of purpose.(成功的秘诀在于持之于恒。)
Misfortunes never come alone/single.(祸不单行。)
Misfortunes come on wings and depart on foot.(遭祸容易脱祸难。)
Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.(不经灾难不知福。)
To an optimist every change is a change for the better.(对于乐观者总是越变越好。)
Truth never fears investigation.(事实从来不怕调查。)
A good medicine tasks bitter.(良药苦口。)
Great minds think alike. (英雄所见略同。)
Storms make trees take deeper roots.(风暴使树木深深扎根。)
Live and let live. (自己生活也让别人生活。)
Better late than never. (迟做总比不做好;晚来总比不来强。)
Beggars cannot be choosers.
行乞者不得有选择。 Heywood 希伍德
First catch your hare.
首先必须捕获兔子，然后才能宰之。 Thackeray 萨克雷
Victory wont come to me unless I go to it.
胜利是不会向我走来的，我必须自己走向胜利。 M. Moore 穆尔
A great man is always willing to be little.
伟大的人物总是愿意当小人物的。 R. W. Emerson 爱默生
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
懦夫在未死之前，已身历多次死亡的恐怖了。 Julius Caesar 凯撒
Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
但凡人能想象到的事物，必定有人能将它实现。 Jules Verne 凡尔纳
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
早睡早起使人健康、富裕又聪明。 Benjamin Franklin 富兰克林
Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.
生活只是由一系列下决心的努力所构成。 T. Fuller 富勒
Goals determine what you are going to be.
目标决定你将成为为什么样的人。 Julius Erving欧文
All human wisdom is summed up in two words ?C wait and hope.
人类所有的智慧可以归结为两个词 等待和希望。 Alexandre Dumas Pre大仲马(法国作家)
It is not enough to be industrious, so are the ants. What are you industrious for?
光勤劳是不够的，蚂蚁也是勤劳的。要看你为什么而勤劳。 H. D. Thoreau梭罗
You have to believe in yourself. Thats the secret of success.
人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。 Charles Chaplin卓别林
Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain. (智力投资绝不会白花。)
Constant dropping wears the stone. (滴水穿石。)
Experience is the mother of wisdom.(经验是智慧之母。)
Every man is his own worst enemy.(一个人最大的敌人就是他自 己。)
Saying and doing are two different things. (说和做是迥然不同的两回事。)
Actions speak louder than words. (行动比语言更响亮。)
From small beginnings comes great things. (伟大始于渺小。)
1、Give everyone his due.
2、Never judge by appearances.
3、A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.
4、A common danger causes common action.
5、One who has seen the ocean thinks nothing of mere rivers.
6、Keep something for a rainy day.
7、What is done cannot be undone.
8、Faith can move mountains.
9、First impressions are half the battle.
10、Thoughts are free from toll.
11、So many men, so many minds.
12、Good wine needs no bush.
13、Just has long arms.
14、He who has an art has everywhere a part.
15、A contented mind is a continual / perpetual feast.
16、As heroes think, so thought Bruce.
17、Courtesy costs nothing.
18、Rome was not built in a day.
19、Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.
20、Mind acts upon mind.
21、You cannot burn the candle at both ends.
22、Youth will be served.
23、Practice makes perfect.
24、Experience is the best teacher.
25、Time tries all things.
26、The car will find its way round the hill when it gets there.
27、Haste makes waste.
28、Do not pull all your eggs in one basket.
29、Merry meet, merry part.
30、Do not change horses in mid-stream.
31、Walls have ears.
32、Out of sight, out of mind.
33、One swallow does not make a summer.
34、Difficult the first time, easy the second.
35、He would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.
36、Behind the mountains there are people to be found.
37、Bad luck often brings good luck.
38、In peace prepare for war.
39、He that promises too much means nothing.
40、Desire has no rest.
41、Meet plot with plot.
42、One is never too old to learn.
43、Man proposes, God disposes.
44、Strike while the iron is hot.
45、Use legs and have legs.
46、A guest should suit the convenience of the host.
47、East or west, home is the best.
48、Never hit a man when he is down.
49、Life is a span.
50、It is never too late to mend.
51、A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
52、Business is business.
53、Sense comes with age.
54、Home is where the heart is.
55、All time is no time when it is past.
56、A young idler, an old beggar.
57、It six of one and half a dozen of the other.
58、All rivers run into the sea.
59、Custom makes all things easy.
60、No fire without smoke.
61、The worse luck now, the better another time.
62、You are only young once.
63、Clumsy birds have to start flying early.
64、The older the wiser.
65、You never know till you have tried.
66、Fact is stranger than fiction.
67、Some thing is learned every time a book is opened.
68、Do not teach fish to swim.
69、Do not have too many irons in the fire.
70、You cannot have your cake and eat it.
71、A letter from home is a priceless treasure.
72、Bread is the stall of life.
73、Poverty is stranger to industry.
74、If you are not inside a house, you don not know about its leaking.
75、The heart is seen in wine.
76、An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
77、Virtue never grows old.
78、Wine in, truth out.
79、Nurture passes nature.
80、Give as good as one gets.
