a friend without faults will never be found.
　　没有十全十美的朋友。
　　‘after you‘ is good manners.
　　“您先请”是礼貌。
　　a good beginning is half done.
　　良好的开端是成功的一半。
　　a good beginning makes a good ending.
　　善始者善终。
　　a good book is a good friend.
　　好书如挚友。
　　a good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
　　一本好书，相伴一生。
　　a good conscience is a soft pillow.
　　不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
　　a good fame is better than a good face.
　　a boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
　　吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
　　a bully is always a coward.
　　色厉内荏。
　　a burden of one‘s choice is not felt.
　　爱挑的担子不嫌重。
　　a candle lights others and consumes itself.
　　蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
　　a cat has 9 lives.
　　猫有九条命。
　　he is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.
　　正人先正己。
　　he is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.
　　自嘲者不会让人见笑。
　　he is wise that is honest.
　　诚实者最明智。
　　he knows most who speaks least.
　　大智若愚。
　　he laughs best who laughs last.
　　谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。
　　he sets the fox to keep the geese.
　　引狼入室。
　　he that climbs high falls heavily.
　　爬得越高，摔得越重。
　　he that will not work shall not eat.
　　不劳动者不得食。
　　he who does not advance loses ground.
　　逆水行舟，不进则退。
if a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
　　上当一回头，再多就可耻。
　　if you make yourself an ass, don‘t complain if people ride you.
　　人善被人欺，马善被人骑。
　　if your ears glow, someone is talking of you.
　　耳朵发烧，有人念叨。
　　if you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
　　脚踏两条船，必定落空。
　　if you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.
　　杀鸡取卵。
　　if you venture nothing, you will have nothing.
　　不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
　　a cat may look at a king.
　　人人平等。
　　adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
　　逆境出人才。
　　a fair death honors the whole life.
　　死得其所，流芳百世。
　　a faithful friend is hard to find.
　　知音难觅。
　　a fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
　　吃一堑，长一智。
　　a fox may grow gray, but never good.
　　江山易改，本性难移。
　　a friend in need is a friend indeed.
　　患难见真情。
　　a friend is easier lost than found.
　　得朋友难，失朋友易。