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. 知音难觅。

4 a fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。

5 a fox may grow gray, but never good. 江山易改，本性难移。

6 a hedge between keeps friendship green. 君子之交淡如水。

7 a miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，差之千里。

8 as a man sows, so he shall reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

9 between friends all is common. 朋友之间不分彼此。

10 birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。

11 by reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it. 读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。

12 cannot see the wood for the trees. 一叶障目，不见泰山。

13 courtesy on one side only lasts not long. 来而不往非礼也。

14 diamond cuts diamond. 强中自有强中手。

15 do as the romans do. 入乡随俗。

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

17 each bird love to hear himself sing. 孤芳自赏。

18 eat to live, but not live to eat. 人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。

19 even homer sometimes nods. 智者千虑，必有一失。

20 even reckoning makes long friends.亲兄弟，明算账。

21 every man has his faults. 金无足赤，人无完人。

22 every man has his hobbyhorse. 萝卜青菜，各有所爱。

23 experience must be bought. 吃一堑，长一智。

24 fact speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。

25 failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。

26 false friends are worse than bitter enemies. 明枪易躲，暗箭难防。

27 far water does not put out near fire. 远水救不了近火。

28 fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools. 愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。

29 great hopes make great man. 伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。

30 great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同。

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. 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。

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. 博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。

37 lookers-on see more than players. 当局者迷，旁观者清。

38 losers are always in the wrong. 胜者为王，败者为寇。

39 love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌。

40 man proposes, god disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。

41 many hands make light work. 众人拾柴火焰高。

42 many heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。

43 many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。

44 misfortunes never come alone. 祸不单行。

45 misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. 患难见真情。

46 money isn’t everything. 钱不是万能的。 murder will out. 纸包不住火。

47 never say die. 永不言败。

48 never too old to learn, never too late to turn.亡羊补牢，为时未晚。

49 new wine in old bottles. 旧瓶装新酒。

50 no cross, no crown. 不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。