1. A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near. 海內存知己，天涯若比鄰。
2. A common danger causes common action. 同舟共濟。
3. A contented mind is a continual / perpetual feast. 知足常樂。
4. A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一塹，長一智。
5. A guest should suit the convenience of the host. 客隨主便。
6. A letter from home is a priceless treasure. 家書抵萬金。
7. All rivers run into the sea. 殊途同歸。
8. All time is no time when it is past. 機不可失，時不再來。
9. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一日一個蘋果，身體健康不求醫。
10. As heroes think, so thought Bruce. 英雄所見略同。
11. A young idler, an old beggar. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
12. Behind the mountains there are people to be found. 天外有天，山外有山。
13. Bad luck often brings good luck. 塞翁失馬，安知非福。
14. Bread is the stall of life. 面包是生命的支柱。(民以食為天。)
15. Business is business. 公事公辦。
16. Clumsy birds have to start flying early. 笨鳥先飛。
17. Courtesy costs nothing. 禮多人不怪。
18. Custom makes all things easy. 習慣成自然。
19. Desire has no rest. 人的欲望無止境。
20. Difficult the first time, easy the second. 一回生，二回熟。
21. Do not change horses in mid-stream. 別在河流中間換馬。
22. Do not have too many irons in the fire. 貪多嚼不爛。
23. Do not pull all your eggs in one basket. 別把所有的蛋都放在一個籃子里。(不要孤注一擲。)
24. Do not teach fish to swim. 不要班門弄斧。
25. East or west, home is the best. 東奔西跑，還是家里好。
26. Experience is the best teacher. 實踐出真知。
27. Fact is stranger than fiction. 事實比虛構更離奇。(大千世界，無奇不有。)
28. Faith can move mountains. 信念能移山。(精誠所至，金石為開。)
29. First impressions are half the battle. 先入為主。
30. Give as good as one gets. 一報還一報。(以德報德，以怨還怨。)
31. Give everyone his due. 一視同仁。
32. Good wine needs no bush. 酒香不怕巷子深。
33. Haste makes waste. 欲速則不達。(忙中常出錯。)
34. He that promises too much means nothing. 輕諾者寡信。
35. He who has an art has everywhere a part. 一招鮮，吃遍天。
36. He would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. 千里之行始于足下。
37. Home is where the heart is. 心在哪里，哪里就是家。
38. If you are not inside a house, you don not know about its leaking. 不在屋里，不知漏雨。(親身經歷才有體會。)
39. In peace prepare for war. 平時準備戰時。(居安思危。)
40. It is never too late to mend. 亡羊補牢，猶未為晚。
41. It six of one and half a dozen of the other. 彼此彼此。
42. Just has long arms. 天網恢恢，疏而不漏。
43. Keep something for a rainy day. 未雨綢繆。
44. Life is a span. 人生如朝露。
45. Man proposes, God disposes. 謀事在人，成事在天。
46. Meet plot with plot. 將計就計。
47. Merry meet, merry part. 好聚好散。
48. Mind acts upon mind. 心有靈犀一點通。
49. Never hit a man when he is down. 不要落井下石。
50. Never judge by appearances. 切莫以貌取人。
51. No fire without smoke. 無風不起浪。
52. Nurture passes nature. 教養勝過天性。
53. One is never too old to learn. 活到老，學到老。
54. One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。(一花獨放不是春。)
55. One who has seen the ocean thinks nothing of mere rivers. 曾經滄海難為水。
56. Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不見，心不煩。
57. Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
58. Poverty is stranger to industry. 勤勞之人不受窮。
59. Rome was not built in a day. 羅馬不是一日建成的.。(偉業非一日之功。)
60. Sense comes with age. 老馬識途。
61. So many men, so many minds. 人心各不同。
62. Some thing is learned every time a book is opened. 開卷有益。
63. Strike while the iron is hot. 趁熱打鐵。
64. The car will find its way round the hill when it gets there. 車到山前必有路。
65. The heart is seen in wine. 酒后吐真言。
66. The older the wiser. 人老智多。(姜還是老的辣。)
67. The worse luck now, the better another time. 風水輪流轉。
68. Thoughts are free from toll. 思想不用交稅。(人人都可以自由思考。)
69. Time tries all things. 時間檢驗一切。
70. Use legs and have legs. 經常用腿，健步如飛。
71. Virtue never grows old. 美德常青。
72. Walls have ears. 隔墻有耳。
73. What is done cannot be undone. 覆水難收。
74. Wine in, truth out. 酒后吐真言。
75. You are only young once. 青春只有一次。
76. You cannot burn the candle at both ends. 蠟燭不可兩頭燃。(魚和熊掌不可兼得。)
77. You cannot have your cake and eat it. 有得就有失。(事難兩全其美。)
78. You never know till you have tried. 事非經過不知難。
79. Youth will be served. 青春好作樂。
80. Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse. 無知的狂熱是脫韁的野馬。
