1. Proverbs are the wisdom of the age.
谚语是时代的智慧。
2. None so deaf as those that won't hear.
置若罔闻。
3. Business is the salt of life.
事业是人生的第一需要。
4. It is a sad house when the hen crows louder than the cock.
母鸡司晨家不兴。
5. Life is half spent before we know what it is.
人过半生，方知天命。
6. It is better to fight for good than to fail at the ill.
宁为善而斗，毋屈服于恶。
7. Purpose supposes foresight.
深谋远虑。
8. Love at first sight.
一见钟情。
9. Don't trust a goat with the kitchen-garden,or a wolf with sheepfold.
不能请羊管菜园，不能请狼管羊圈。
10. Laugh, and the world laughs with you;weep, and you weep alone.
你笑，人人陪你笑；你哭，惟独你自哭。
11. Don't put the cart before the horse.
不要本末倒置。
12. Better be half hanged than ill wed.
与其成怨偶，不如守单身。
13. The fox preys farthest from his hole.
兔子不吃窝边草。
14. We only live once, but if we work it right, once is enough.
年华没虚度，一生也足矣。
15. The best fish swim near the bottom.
好鱼居深渊.