an hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 　　一日之計在于晨。

　　an old dog cannot learn new tricks. 　　老狗學不出新把戲。

　　an ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom. 　　聰明才智，不如運氣。

　　an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 　　預防為主，治療為輔。

　　a rolling stone gathers no moss. 　　滾石不生苔，轉業不聚財。

　　as a man sows, so he shall reap. 　　種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。

　　a single flower does not make a spring. 　　一花獨放不是春，百花齊放春滿園。

　　a snow year, a rich year. 　　瑞雪兆豐年。

　　a sound mind in a sound body. 　　健全的精神寓于健康的身體。

　　a still tongue makes a wise head. 　　寡言者智。

　　a stitch in time saves nine. 　　小洞不補，大洞吃苦。

　　a straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe. 　　身正不怕影子斜。

　　a wise head makes a close mouth. 　　真人不露相，露相非真人。

　　a word spoken is past recalling. 　　一言既出，駟馬難追。

　　a year’s plan starts with spring. 　　一年之計在于春。

　　a young idler, an old beggar. 　　少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。

　　bad news has wings. 　　好事不出門，壞事傳千里。

　　barking dogs seldom bite. 　　吠犬不咬人。

　　beauty lies in the love’s eyes. 　　情人眼里出西施。

　　be swift to hear, slow to speak. 　　聽宜敏捷，言宜緩行。

　　better late than never. 　　不怕慢，單怕站。

　　better to ask the way than go astray. 　　問路總比迷路好。

　　between friends all is common. 　　朋友之間不分彼此。

　　birds of a feather flock together. 　　物以類聚，人以群分。

　　blood is thicker than water. 　　血濃于水。

　　blood will have blood. 　　血債血償。

　　books and friends should be few but good. 　　讀書如交友，應求少而精。

　　business is business. 　　公事公辦。

　　business is the salt of life. 　　事業是人生的第一需要。

　　by reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it. 　　讀書使人充實，交談使人精明。

　　cannot see the wood for the trees. 　　一葉障目，不見泰山。

　　care and diligence bring luck. 　　謹慎和勤奮才能抓住機遇。

　　caution is the parent of safety. 　　小心駛得萬年船。

　　cheats never prosper. 　　騙人發不了財。

　　children are what the mothers are. 　　耳濡目染，身教言傳。

　　choose an author as you choose a friend. 　　擇書如擇友。

　　come what may, heaven won’t fall. 　　做你的吧，天塌不下來。

　　complacency is the enemy of study. 　　學習的敵人是自己的滿足。

　　confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. 　　自信是走向成功的第一步。

　　constant dripping wears away a stone. 　　水滴石穿，繩鋸木斷。

　　content is better than riches. 　　知足者常樂。

　　count one’s chickens before they are hatched. 　　蛋未孵先數雛。

　　courtesy on one side only lasts not long. 　　來而不往非禮也。

　　creep before you walk. 　　循序漸進。

　　cry for the moon. 　　海底撈月。

　　custom is a second nature. 　　習慣是后天養成的。

　　custom makes all things easy. 　　有個好習慣，事事皆不難。

　　diamond cuts diamond. 　　強中自有強中手。

　　do as the romans do. 　　入鄉隨俗。

　　do as you would be done by. 　　己所不欲，勿施于人。

　　doing is better than saying. 　　與其掛在嘴上，不如落實在行動上。

　　do it now. 　　機不可失，時不再來。

　　do nothing by halves. 　　凡事不可半途而廢。

　　don’t claim to know what you don’t know. 　　不要不懂裝懂。

　　don’t have too many irons in the fire. 　　不要攬事過多。

　　don’t make a mountain out of a molehill. 　　不要小題大做。

　　don’t put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 　　今日事，今日畢。

　　don’t put the cart before the horse. 　　不要本末倒置。

　　don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 　　不要自找麻煩。

　　don’t try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 　不要班門弄斧。

　　do well and have well. 　　善有善報。

　　each bird love to hear himself sing. 　　孤芳自賞。

　　early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 　　早睡早起身體好。

　　easier said than done. 　　說得容易，做得難。

　　easy come, easy go. 　　來也匆匆，去也匆匆。

　　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。

　　empty vessels make the greatest sound. 　　實磨無聲空磨響，滿瓶不動半瓶搖。

　　envy has no holidays. 　　忌妒之人無寧日。

　　even homer sometimes nods. 　　智者千慮，必有一失。

　　even reckoning makes long friends. 　　親兄弟，明算賬。

　　every advantage has its disadvantage. 　　有利必有弊。