Haste trips over its own heels. 忙易犯錯。

　　A watched pot never boils. 心急喝不了熱粥。

　　The greater the man, the more restrained his anger. 人越巨大，越能抑制怒火。

　　Speech is the image of actions. 語言是舉動的反應(yīng)。

　　Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. 明槍易躲，明槍難防。

　　Each man is the architect of his own fate. 每個人都是自己運氣的修建師。

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

　　Talents come from diligence, and knowledge is gained by accumulation. 蠢才在于勤懇，常識在于積聚。

　　An open enemy is better than a hollow friend. 寧有公開的敵人，不要虛假的朋友。

　　A still tongue makes a wise head. 緘默者有智慧。

　　It is but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous. 從高尚到荒誕只有一步之遙。

　　Ordinary people think merely of how they will spend time, a man of intellect tries to use it.

　　凡人只想如何消磨時間，智者則盡力應(yīng)用時光。

　　This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.

　　真正的勇氣是：無所害怕地接收上天給你的所有。

　　He that does what he should not, shall feel what he would not.

　　若做了不應(yīng)該做的事，則將發(fā)生自己所不盼望有的感到。

　　All mankind are beholden to him that is kind to the good. 行善者，人人銘刻之。

　　It’s the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself. 自欺是世上最易之事。

　　It’s easier to prevent bad habits than to break them. 避免染上惡習(xí)遠比打消惡習(xí)輕易。

　　How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults. or resolution enough to mend them!

　　承認并矯正毛病，須要有足夠的勇氣和信心。

　　Trick and treachery are the practice if fools;they have not wit enough to be honest.

　　傻瓜習(xí)慣于陰謀跟背判的手法，他們還沒聰慧到學(xué)會真摯待人。

　　Thirst after desert, not reward. 渴求美德而非獎賞。

　　If thou injure conscience, it will have its revenge on thee. 損害良心，將受到良心的重辦。

　　None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error.

　　唯有有教養(yǎng)者方知如何否認過錯，或意識到本人行動。

　　If you do what you should not, you must hear what you would not.

　　若做了不應(yīng)做之事，則必定會聞聲不愿聽之語。

　　An honest man will receive neither money nor praise; that is not his due.

　　正派的人既不收受他人的錢財，也不接受別人的阿諛，這些都不是他應(yīng)得的。

　　The honest man takes pains, and then enjoys pleasure. 正直的人先閱歷苦楚，而后享受歡喜。

　　Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter. 美德和幸福如同母女。

　　A bad workman always blames his tools. 拙匠總怪工具差。

　　Sloth turneth the edge of wit.懶惰能磨去才智的矛頭。

　　A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善終。

　　Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us.

　　性命是一束污濁的火焰,我們依附自己心坎看不見的太陽而存在。

　　Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.

　　在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公然場所又表彰你的友人。

　　A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.吃虧的和解也比勝訴強。

　　Virtue never grows old. 美德永遠不會過期。

　　Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 每一個人都是本身幸福的建造師。

　　A lazy youth,a lousy age. 少時怠惰老來苦。

　　Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.

　　知識能使好人更好，壞人更壞。

　　There needs a long apprenticeship to understand the mystery of the world’s trade.

　　要知世事神秘多，需要長期作學(xué)徒。

　　Patience and application will carry us through.

　　忍受和一心會使咱們渡過難關(guān)。