a cat may look at a king.
人人平等。
a bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不善始者不善終。
a bad workman always blames his tools.
不會撐船怪河彎。
a bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
一鳥在手勝過雙鳥在林。
a boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛與說謊本是同宗。
a bully is always a coward.
色厲內荏。
a bad thing never dies.
遺臭萬年。
a burden of one"s choice is not felt.
愛挑的擔子不嫌重。
a candle lights others and consumes itself.
蠟燭照亮別人，卻毀滅了自己。
a cat has 9 lives.
貓有九條命。
a constant guest is never welcome.
常客令人厭。
actions speak louder than words.
事實勝於雄辯。
adversity leads to prosperity.
窮則思變。
adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
逆境出人才。
a close mouth catches no flies.
病從口入。
a fair death honors the whole life.
死得其所，流芳百世。
a faithful friend is hard to find.
知音難覓。
a fox may grow gray, but never good.
江山易改，本性難移。
a friend in need is a friend indeed.
患難見真情。
a friend is easier lost than found.
得朋友難，失朋友易。
a fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一塹，長一智。
a friend is never known till a man has need.
需要之時方知友。
a friend without faults will never be found.
沒有十全十美的朋友。
a good beginning is half done.
良好的開端是成功的一半。
a good beginning makes a good ending.
善始者善終。
a good book is a good friend.
好書如摯友。
"after you" is good manners.
“您先請”是禮貌。
a good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
一本好書，相伴一生。
a good conscience is a soft pillow.
不做虧心事，不怕鬼叫門。
a good fame is better than a good face.
美名勝過美貌。
a good medicine tastes bitter.
良藥苦口。
a good wife health is a man"s best wealth.
妻賢身體好是男人最大的財富。
a great talker is a great liar.
說大話者多謊言。
a good husband makes a good wife.
夫善則妻賢。
a hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。
a joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
戲謔不能化敵為友，只能使人失去朋友。
a leopard cannot change its spots.
積習難改。
a liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
說謊者即使講真話也沒人相信。
a light heart lives long.
靜以修身。