1 adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 逆境出人才。
2 a fair death honors the whole life. 死得其所，流芳百世。
3 a faithful friend is hard to find. 知音難覓。
4 a fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一塹，長一智。
5 a fox may grow gray, but never good. 江山易改，本性難移。
6 a hedge between keeps friendship green. 君子之交淡如水。
7 a miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫釐，差之千里。
8 as a man sows, so he shall reap. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
9 between friends all is common. 朋友之間不分彼此。
10 birds of a feather flock together. 物以類聚，人以群分。
11 by reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it. 讀書使人充實，交談使人精明。
12 cannot see the wood for the trees. 一葉障目，不見泰山。
13 courtesy on one side only lasts not long. 來而不往非禮也。
14 diamond cuts diamond. 強中自有強中手。
15 do as the romans do. 入鄉隨俗。
16 do as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿施於人。
17 each bird love to hear himself sing. 孤芳自賞。
18 eat to live, but not live to eat. 人吃飯是為了活著，但活著不是為了吃飯。
19 even homer sometimes nods. 智者千慮，必有一失。
20 even reckoning makes long friends.親兄弟，明算賬。
21 every man has his faults. 金無足赤，人無完人。
22 every man has his hobbyhorse. 蘿蔔青菜，各有所愛。
23 experience must be bought. 吃一塹，長一智。
24 fact speak louder than words. 事實勝於雄辯。
25 failure is the mother of success. 失敗是成功之母。
26 false friends are worse than bitter enemies. 明槍易躲，暗箭難防。
27 far water does not put out near fire. 遠水救不了近火。
28 fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools. 愚者不學無術，智者不恥下問。
29 great hopes make great man. 偉大的`抱負造就偉大的人物。
30 great minds think alike. 英雄所見略同。
31 he knows most who speaks least. 大智若愚。
32 if you venture nothing, you will have nothing.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
33 it is the unforeseen that always happens. 天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福。
34 judge not from appearances. 人不可貌相，海不可斗量。
35 keep good men company and you shall be of the number.近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
36 knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud. 博學使人謙遜，無知使人驕傲。
37 lookers-on see more than players. 當局者迷，旁觀者清。
38 losers are always in the wrong. 勝者為王，敗者為寇。
39 love me, love my dog. 愛屋及烏。
40 man proposes, god disposes. 謀事在人，成事在天。
41 many hands make light work. 眾人拾柴火焰高。
42 many heads are better than one. 三個臭皮匠，賽過諸葛亮。
43 many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.有心栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成蔭。
44 misfortunes never come alone. 禍不單行。
45 misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. 患難見真情。
46 money isn’t everything. 錢不是萬能的。 murder will out. 紙包不住火。
47 never say die. 永不言敗。
48 never too old to learn, never too late to turn.亡羊補牢，為時未晚。
49 new wine in old bottles. 舊瓶裝新酒。
50 no cross, no crown. 不經歷風雨，怎麼見彩虹。
