A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 惡其始者必惡其終。
A bad bush is better than the open field. 有勝於無。
A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. 吃虧的和解也比勝訴強。
A bad conscience is a snake in one''s heart. 做賊心虛。
A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 壞習慣像鮮餡餅，分食要比儲存好。
A bad padlock invites a picklock. 開門揖盜。
A bad penny always turns up.
A bad thing never dies. 壞事傳千年。
A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀鈍)。
A bargain is a bargain. 達成的協議不可撕毀。
A beggar''s purse is bottomless. 乞丐的錢袋是無底洞。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。
A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 聞其歌知其鳥，聽其言知其人。
A bird may be known by its song. 什麼鳥唱什麼歌。
A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day. 略有勝於全無。
A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it''s the boundary of the world. 坐井觀天。
A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. 秋波送盲，白費痴情。
A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 一本好書今天如此，將來也如此，永不改變。
A book that remains shut is but a block. 有書閉卷不閱讀，無異是一塊木頭。
A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm. 借來的斗篷不暖身。
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. 相聚愛益切，離別情更深。
A burden of one''s choice is not felt. 自己選的擔子不嫌重。
A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。
A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蠟燭焚自身，光亮照別人。
A cat may look at a king. 貓也有權晉見國王。
A cat has nine lives. 貓有九條命。
Accidents will happen. 天有不測風雲。
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 鏈條的堅固程度取決於它最薄弱的環節。
A change of work is as good as a rest. 調換一下工作是很好的休息。
A cheerful wife is the joy of life. 快樂的妻子是生活的樂事。
A clean hand wants no washing. 身正不怕影子斜。
A clear conscience is a soft pillow. 問心無愧，高枕無憂。
A clear conscience is a sure card. 光明磊落，勝券在握。
A clear conscience laughs at false accusations. 白日不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。
A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast. 寧為清貧，不為濁富。
A close mouth catches no flies. 病從口入，禍從口出。
A cock is valiant on his own dunghill. 夜郎自大。
A common danger causes common action. 同仇敵愾。
A constant guest is never welcome. 久住非佳賓，常來不歡迎。
A contented mind is perpetual feast. 知足常樂。
A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself. 貪婪的人對別人毫無好處，對自己卻壞處更大。
A crafty knave needs no broker. 狡猾的流氓，不需居間人。
A creaking door hangs long on its hinges. 戶樞不蠹。
Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. 行動是知識的巧果。
Actions speak louder than words. 事實勝於雄辯。
A discontented man knows not where to sit easy. 不滿足者坐無寧時。
A disease known is half cured. 病情確診斷，治病好一半。
Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public. 在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公開場合又表揚你的朋友。
A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone. 骨頭打狗狗不叫。
Adversity is a good discipline. 苦難是磨練人的好機會。
Adversity leads to prosperity. 逆境迎向昌盛。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 患難使人聰明，但不能致富。
Adversity makes strange bedfellows. 身處逆境不擇友。
Reading enriches the mind.開卷有益.
Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.讀書健腦,運動強身.
Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.要人尊敬,必須自重.
Rome is not built in a day.冰凍三尺,非一日之寒.
Saying is one thing and doing another.言行不一.
Seeing is believing.眼見為實.
Seek the truth from facts.實事求是.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.智者當差,不用交代.
Set a thief to catch a thief.以賊捉賊.
Short accounts make long friends.好朋友勤算賬.
Something is better than nothing.聊勝於無.
Soon learn, soon forgotten.學得快,忘得快.
Soon ripe, soon rotten.熟得快,爛得快.
Speech is silver, silence is gold.能言是銀,沉默是金.
Still water run deep.靜水常深.
Strike the iron while it is hot.趁熱打鐵.
Success belongs to the persevering.堅持就是勝利.
Take things as they come.既來之,則安之.
Talking mends no holes.空談無補.