1、Do nothing by halves.凡事不可半途而废。
2、A fair face may hide a foul heart.人不可貌相。
3、Rome was not built in a day.冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
4、Saying and doing are two different things.说和做是迥然不同的两回事。
5、Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。
6、Every man is his own worst enemy.一个人最大的敌人就是他自己。
8、One who has seen the ocean thinks nothing of mere rivers.曾经沧海难为水。
9、Life is but a span.人生苦短。
10、A great ship asks for deep waters.大船要走深水。
11、Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.有志者，事竟成。
12、The sensible man is not influenced by what other people think.明智的人不为别人的想法所影响。
13、Success is won by three things:first,effort;second,more effort;third,still more effort.成功要靠三件事才能赢得：努力，努力，再努力。
14、Man proposes,God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天。
15、Every coin has its two sides.事情都有两面性。
16、Clothes do not make the man.人不在衣装。
17、All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事必先难后易。
18、Poverty is stranger to industry.勤劳之人不受穷。
19、A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。
20、Difficult the first time,easy the second.一回生，二回熟。
21、Do as the Romans do.入乡随俗。
23、Custom makes all things easy.习惯成自然。
24、An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一日一个苹果，身体健康不求医。
25、A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者善终。
26、A fall into the pit,a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。
27、Behind the mountains there are people to be found.天外有天，山外有山。
28、Experience is the best teacher.实践出真知。
29、Sharp tools make good work.工欲善其事，必先利其器。
30、Strike while the iron is hot.趁热打铁。
31、Great works are performed not by strength,but by perseverance.完成伟大的事业不在于体力，而在于坚韧不拔的毅力。