Better master one than engage with ten.

会十事不如精一事。

Work makes the workman.

勤工出巧匠

Companions, are odious.

人比人，气死人。

A near friend is better than farewell kinsman.

远亲不如近临。

Without a friend, the world is wilderness.

没有朋友，世界成荒野。

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

每个人都是自己未来的建筑师

Children learn to creep early they can go.

孩子先会爬，再会走

Time tries all things.

　时间考核一切

　He that never rode never fell.

　不骑马也就不会落马。

  The farthest way about is the neartest way home.

  最远的路最近。（欲速则不达）

  A small leak will sink a great ship.

  一个小裂纹能使一条大船沉没（千里之堤，毁于蚁穴）

  Old love will not be forgotten.

  往日的爱情难以忘怀。

   No one s ever made to be a hero.

   没有天生的英雄（时世造英雄）

   Forgive and forgot.

   原谅并忘记

   A man can do no more than he can.

   别做力所不能及的事（没有金刚钻，别揽瓷器活）

   Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

   希望最好，做最坏的打算。

   Work while you work, play while you play.

   工作时努力工作，玩时好好玩

   A good begging is half done.

   良好的开端是成功的一半

   All are brave when the enemy flies.

   敌人逃跑时每个人都勇敢。

   Few words, many deeds.

   少说多做

   Force can never destroy right.

   暴力不能摧毁正义。

   Two wrongs don’t make a right.

   错错不为对

   When the fox preach, then beware your geese.

   当狐狸讲道，当心你的鹅。

   Experience is the best teacher.

   经验是最好的老师。

   He that falls today may be up again tomorrow.

   今天跌倒的人也许明天就爬起来。

   Diligence is the mother of the success.

   勤奋是成功之母。

   Never think yourself above your business.

   不要眼高手低。

   He who has done ill once will do it again.

   一个人做错了一次还会错第二次。

   Better wear out than rust out.

   与其锈掉不如用坏。

   He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.

   背后说好话的是好朋友。

   Pen and ink is wit’s plough.

   笔墨是才智的犁。

   Pound wise and penny foolish.

   大事聪明，小事糊涂。

   One eye witness is better than two hearers.

   百闻不如一见。

   Many a true word is spoken in jest.

   笑语中吐箴言。

  The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf.

  孤独的羊在狼面前是危险的。

  Revolutions are not made with rosewater.

  革命不是玫瑰香水做成的。

  Short is my date, but deathless my renown.

  年寿有限，名誉不死。

  God’s mill grinds slow but sure.

  天网恢恢，疏而不漏

  The good is the enemy of the best.

  Nothing venture, nothing have.

  不冒险，什么也得不到。

  A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.

  吃一堑，长一智。

  No gains without pains.

  不劳无获。

  The words once spoken can never be recalled.

 一言出口，驷马难追。

  Be thrifty.

  要节俭。

  Good words cool more than cold water.

  好话比凉水还舒服（良言三冬暖）

  Bitter pills may have wholesome effect.

  良药苦口利于病。

  Medicines are not meant to live on.

  不能靠药活着。

  Marriage is a lottery.

  婚姻是一件难以预料的事。

  A work ill done must done twice.

  一件事做错了必须返工。

  Lies can not cover up facts.

  谎言遮盖不了事实。

  Beauty is but skin deep.

  美丽只是外表

   Habit is a second nature.

   习惯是第二天性。

   Once a beggar always a beggar.

   做了一次乞丐永远都是乞丐。

   Might is right.

   强权即公理。

   Time is the great healer.

   时间是最好的药物。

   Tomorrow never comes.

   明天何其多

   Custom reconciles us to everything.

   习俗使我们与一切和谐。

    Time cures all things.

    时间治疗一切

    Time flies.

    时光飞逝

    Forbidden fruit is sweatest

    禁果最甜

    God is always on the side of the big battalion.  Battalion[军队、兵力]

    上帝总是站在强者一边

    God made the country, and man made the town.

    God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

    上帝使吹向被剪过毛的小羊的风柔和

    Hasten slowly.  Make haste slowly.

    浪费得慢一点

    Nature abhors a vacuum.

    自然憎恨真空

    One cannot put back the clock.

    时光不能倒流

    Happy is the country which has no history.

    There is a time for all things.

   The same man never crossed the same river twice.

   Better untaught than ill taught.

   错误的教导还不如没有教导

   Don’t halloo till you are out of the wood.

   未出森林别欢呼。

   Knowledge is power.

   知识就是力量

   He that nothing question nothing learn.

   什么也不问就什么也学不到

   Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

   无知的热情是无光的火

   See Naples and die.

   看到那不勒思就死（过把瘾就死）

   Better ask the way than go astray.

   最好问路避免误入歧途

   Books and friends should be few but good.

   好书好友不在多

   A good book is the best of friends, the same forever.

   Seeing is believing.

   百闻不如一见

   The best man stumbles.

   智者千虑必有一失。

   Grasp all, lose all.

   什么都想要，什么都得不到。

Better master one than engage with ten.

会十事不如精一事。

Work makes the workman.

勤工出巧匠

Companions, are odious.

人比人，气死人。

A near friend is better than farewell kinsman.

远亲不如近临。

Without a friend, the world is wilderness.

没有朋友，世界成荒野。

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

每个人都是自己未来的建筑师

Children learn to creep early they can go.

孩子先会爬，再会走

Time tries all things.

　时间考核一切

　He that never rode never fell.

　不骑马也就不会落马。

  The farthest way about is the neartest way home.

  最远的路最近。（欲速则不达）

  A small leak will sink a great ship.

  一个小裂纹能使一条大船沉没（千里之堤，毁于蚁穴）

  Old love will not be forgotten.

  往日的爱情难以忘怀。

   No one s ever made to be a hero.

   没有天生的英雄（时世造英雄）

   Forgive and forgot.

   原谅并忘记

   A man can do no more than he can.

   别做力所不能及的事（没有金刚钻，别揽瓷器活）

   Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

   希望最好，做最坏的打算。

   Work while you work, play while you play.

   工作时努力工作，玩时好好玩

   A good begging is half done.

   良好的开端是成功的一半

   All are brave when the enemy flies.

   敌人逃跑时每个人都勇敢。

   Few words, many deeds.

   少说多做

   Force can never destroy right.

   暴力不能摧毁正义。

   Two wrongs don’t make a right.

   错错不为对

   When the fox preach, then beware your geese.

   当狐狸讲道，当心你的鹅。

   Experience is the best teacher.

   经验是最好的老师。

   He that falls today may be up again tomorrow.

   今天跌倒的人也许明天就爬起来。

   Diligence is the mother of the success.

   勤奋是成功之母。

   Never think yourself above your business.

   不要眼高手低。

   He who has done ill once will do it again.

   一个人做错了一次还会错第二次。

   Better wear out than rust out.

   与其锈掉不如用坏。

   He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.

   背后说好话的是好朋友。

   Pen and ink is wit’s plough.

   笔墨是才智的犁。

   Pound wise and penny foolish.

   大事聪明，小事糊涂。

   One eye witness is better than two hearers.

   百闻不如一见。

   Many a true word is spoken in jest.

   笑语中吐箴言。

  The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf.

  孤独的羊在狼面前是危险的。

  Revolutions are not made with rosewater.

  革命不是玫瑰香水做成的。

  Short is my date, but deathless my renown.

  年寿有限，名誉不死。

  God’s mill grinds slow but sure.

  天网恢恢，疏而不漏

  The good is the enemy of the best.

  Nothing venture, nothing have.

  不冒险，什么也得不到。

  A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.

  吃一堑，长一智。

  No gains without pains.

  不劳无获。

  The words once spoken can never be recalled.

 一言出口，驷马难追。

  Be thrifty.

  要节俭。

  Good words cool more than cold water.

  好话比凉水还舒服（良言三冬暖）

  Bitter pills may have wholesome effect.

  良药苦口利于病。

  Medicines are not meant to live on.

  不能靠药活着。

  Marriage is a lottery.

  婚姻是一件难以预料的事。

  A work ill done must done twice.

  一件事做错了必须返工。

  Lies can not cover up facts.

  谎言遮盖不了事实。

  Beauty is but skin deep.

  美丽只是外表

   Habit is a second nature.

   习惯是第二天性。

   Once a beggar always a beggar.

   做了一次乞丐永远都是乞丐。

   Might is right.

   强权即公理。

   Time is the great healer.

   时间是最好的药物。

   Tomorrow never comes.

   明天何其多

   Custom reconciles us to everything.

   习俗使我们与一切和谐。

    Time cures all things.

    时间治疗一切

    Time flies.

    时光飞逝

    Forbidden fruit is sweatest

    禁果最甜

    God is always on the side of the big battalion.  Battalion[军队、兵力]

    上帝总是站在强者一边

    God made the country, and man made the town.

    God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

    上帝使吹向被剪过毛的小羊的风柔和

    Hasten slowly.  Make haste slowly.

    浪费得慢一点

    Nature abhors a vacuum.

    自然憎恨真空

    One cannot put back the clock.

    时光不能倒流

    Happy is the country which has no history.

    There is a time for all things.

   The same man never crossed the same river twice.

   Better untaught than ill taught.

   错误的教导还不如没有教导

   Don’t halloo till you are out of the wood.

   未出森林别欢呼。