1. A beggar's purse is always empty.

乞丐存不住錢。

2. A hut is a palace to a poor man.

窮人的茅舍就是他的宮殿。

3. A man's wealth is his enemy.

一個人的財富正是他的敵人。

4. A poor man's tale cannot be heard.

人微言輕。

5. A rich man's joke is always funny.

富人的笑話總是好笑。

6. All ask if a man be rich, none if he be good. [Latin Proverb]

仁義盡從貧處斷，世情偏看有錢家。人情冷暖，世態炎涼。 （拉丁諺語）

7. An avaricious man is always needy.

貪婪的人總是貧困的。

8. An empty sack cannot stand upright.

空袋子立不起來。衣食足而後知榮辱。

9. Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.

害羞是貧窮的敵人。

10. Better be envied than pitied.

寧讓人羨慕，也不讓人同情。

11. Better go to heaven in rags than to hell in embroidery.

寧願襤褸上天堂，也不願衣錦下地獄。 不戚戚於貧賤，不汲汲於富貴。

12. Better poverty without care, than richness with.

無憂無慮的貧窮生活勝過於富裕卻憂愁的生活。

13. Children are poor men's riches.

孩子是窮人的財富。

14. Content lodges oftener in cottages than palaces.

住在茅舍比住在皇宮來得快樂。

1. All roads lead to Rome.

條條大路通羅馬。異途同歸。

2. Birds of a feather flock together.

物以類聚。氣味相投。

3. Every one to his taste.

人各有所好。蘿蔔青菜，各有所愛。仁者見仁，智者見智。

4. Every shoe fits not every foot.

順得哥情失嫂意。

5. Great minds think alike.

英雄所見略同。

6. He that all men will please shall never find ease.

要討好每一個人的人永遠不得安寧。

7. If one will not, another will.

人棄我取，人取我與。

8. It takes all sorts to make a world.

大千世界。

9. Like author, like book.

有怎樣的作家，就有怎樣的作品。書如其人。

10. Like blood, like good, and like age make the happiest marriage.

相同的血統，相同的期望，和相同的年歲使婚姻美滿。

11. Like breeds (begets) like.

龍生龍，鳳生鳳。

12. Like cures like.

心病還需心藥醫。以毒攻毒。

13. Like draws to like.

同明相照。同類相求。志趣相投。沆瀣一氣。

14. Like father, like son.

有其父，必有其子。

15. Like for like.

恩報恩，仇報仇。

1. Complete cooperation is vital to success.

徹底的合作是成功的重要條件。

2. Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.

自信是邁向成功之路的第一步。

3. Deserve success and you shall command it.

得著成功，才可支配成功。

4. Distress offers opportunities for the obtaining of success.

逆境給予獲得成功的機會。

5. Every failure teaches a man something, if he will but learn.

要是人願意學習的話，每次的失敗都會教導他一些。

6. Failure is one thing that can be achieved without effort.

失敗是一件不用努力即可獲得的東西。

7. Failure is the foundation of success.

失敗是成功的基礎。

8. Failure is the mother of success. (Failure teaches success.) 。

失敗乃成功之母

9. Failures are stepping stones to success for strong hearts determined to persevere.

失敗乃成功之踏腳石，因為意志堅強的人有堅忍的毅力。

10. He loses indeed that loses last.

最後失敗者才是真正的失敗。

11. Man learns little from success, but much from failure. [Arabic Proverb] 人從

成功中學到者少，從失敗中學到者則多。（阿拉伯諺語）

12. Many men have failed through lack of decision.

許多人因缺乏果斷而失敗。

13. Mere talking tends only to failure.

空談只會導致失敗。

1. A good teacher is the intellectual father of his pupils.

良師乃學生的智慧之父。

2. A little learning is a dangerous thing. [Alexander Pope]

一知半解，危險之至。（波普）

3. A man may learn wit every day.

每個人每天都要學習機智。

4. A man should learn to sail in all winds. [Italian Proverb]

一個人應在各種風向下學習航行。（義大利諺語）

5. An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of learning.

一分辨別力抵過十分學問。

6. Better learn by your neighbor's skaith than by your own.

從別人的教訓中學習勝過從自己的教訓中學習。

7. Better untaught than ill taught. 書。

接受不良的教育不如不接受教育。盡信書不如無

8. By learning one learns how to learn.

透過學習，人可以學會如何學習。

9. Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

別班門弄斧。

10. He teaches ill, who teaches all.

樣樣都教樣樣糟。

11. He that teaches himself, has a fool for his master.

無師自通的人把傻瓜當作師傅。

12. He who teaches, learns.

教學相長。

13. In doing we learn.

邊做邊學。經一事，長一智。

14. It is right to be taught even by an enemy. [Latin Proverb]

甚至敵人的教訓也是好的。（拉丁諺語）

1. Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.

今日一隻蛋勝過明日一隻雞。 明日雖有一銀圓，不若今日一文錢。

2. Don't long for tomorrow. If you do, you will waste today.

勿指望明天。要是這樣的話，你將浪費今天。

3. Drunken days have all their tomorrows.

樂極生悲。

4. Fear not the future; weep not for the past.

不要畏懼未來，也不要為過去而哭泣。

5. He that falls today may rise tomorrow.

東山再起。捲土重來。重整旗鼓。

6. Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday--but never jam today. [Lewis Carroll]

明天有果醬，昨天有果醬，但是今天就是沒有果醬。 （加罪爾）

7. Live only for today, and you ruin tomorrow.

只為今天而活，失敗就在明天。

8. Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.

今日事，今日畢。

9. One hour today is worth two tomorrow.

今天一小時勝於明天兩小時。機不可失。

10. One today is worth two tomorrows.

一個今天抵得上兩個明天。

11. The best time to worry is tomorrow.

最佳的憂慮時間就是明天。

12. Think today and speak tomorrow.

熟思而後言。

13. To a lazy man, tomorrow is always the best day of the year.

懶人總認為明天是一年中最好的日子。

1. A fool always finds a bigger fool to praise him. [French Proverb]

傻瓜總是找到一個比他更傻的人來稱讚他。（法國諺語）

2. A fool may give a wise man counsel.

愚者可以給智者忠告。愚者千慮，必有一得。

3. A fool’s bolt is soon shot.

愚者易竭其智。黔驢之技易窮。蠢人沉不住氣。

4. A fool’s haste is no speed.

瞎忙快不了。急急忙忙，想快反慢。

5. A fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.

話多者蠢。

6. A man cannot leave his wisdom or his experience to his heirs. [Italian Proverb]

一個人的智慧和經驗不能傳授給他的繼承人。(義大利諺語)

7. A still tongue makes a wise head.

舌頭少動，則頭腦精明。沉默為智。

8. A wise man always knows when to stop for breathing space.

有智慧的人常知道該在怎麼時候停下來休息。

9. A wise man is never less alone than when alone.

智者獨處時最不寂寞。

10. A wise man knows his own ignorance; a fool thinks he knows everything.

智者了解自己的無知，愚者自以為自己無所不知。

11. A wise man never wants a weapon.

智者從來不需要武器。

12. A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

智者創造的機會比他所找到的更多。

天涯何處無芳草。

There are other fish in the sea.

留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒。

Where there is life, there is hope.

畫虎畫皮難畫骨，知人知面不知心。

It is easy to draw a tiger's skin but difficult to know ones’ heart.

富在深山有遠親，窮在鬧市無近鄰。

A rich man who lives in the distant mountain may have relatives from far-away places. A poor man who lives in the city may not have friends in the neighborhood.

人生不滿百，常懷千年憂。

A man does not live a hundred years, yet he worries enough for a thousand.

生不帶來，死不帶去。

At birth we bring nothing; at death we take away nothing.

前事不忘後事之師。

By not forgetting past events, we can take them as guides in future events.

一將功成萬骨枯。

The blood of the soldiers makes the glory of the general.

良言一句三冬暖。

A single kind word keeps one warm for three winters.

巧媳婦難為無米之炊。

Even a clever daughter-in-law finds it hard to cook without rice.

學海無涯，惟勤是岸。

Knowledge, like a sea, is boundless; only through hard study can one reach the destination.

學好千日不足，學壞一時有餘。

To learn what is good, a thousand days are not enough; to learn what is evil, an hour is too long.

開卷有益。

You cannot open a book without learning something.

腰纏萬貫，不若薄技在身。

It is better to learn a certain trade than to possess a large fortune.

疑人莫用，用人莫疑。

Never employ the man you suspect, nor suspect the man you employ.

親兄弟明算帳。

Even brothers keep careful accounts.

大智若愚。

Intelligent man looks dull.

出門看天色；進門看臉色。

Look at the weather when you step out; look at men's faces when you step in.

人皆有不忍人之心。

All men have a mind which cannot bear to see the sufferings of others.

畫虎不成反類犬。

He painted a tiger but it turned out a dog.

寧為雞首，不為牛後。

Better be the head of a chicken than the tail of an ox.

天下烏鴉一般黑。

Crows are black the whole world over.(The world is much the same everywhere.)

亡羊補牢，猶未晚也。

It is never too late to mend.

臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網。

It's better to return home and make a net than long for fish on the edge of the pond.

童心如佛心。

The heart of a little child is like the heart of the Buddha.

居安思危。

To think of danger in time of peace.

三思而後行。

Look before you leap.

是非只為多開口。

Mischief all comes from much opening of the mouth.

人心不足蛇吞象。

A man whose heart is not contented is like a snake which tries to swallow an elephant.

當局者迷。

Men are blind in their own cause.

有錢能使鬼推磨！

Money talks!

樹大招風。

Tall trees catch much wind.