1. A word spoken is an arrow let fly. 一言既出，驷马难追。

2. A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，驷马难追。

3. So said, so done.说到做到。言出必行。

4. A work ill done must be twice done. 未做好的活，需要重新做。

5. A wanderer who is determined¹ to reach his destination does not fear the rain. 决心赶到目的地，浪汉何惧雨来淋。

6. A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner². 平静的海洋练不出熟练的水手。

7. A watched pot is long in boiling. 心急水不沸。

8. A willful man will have his way. 有志者事竟成。

9. Will is power. 意志就是力量

10. A man can not spin and reel at the same time. 一心不能二用。

11. A man cannot whistle and drink at he same time. 一心不能二用。

12. A man can do no more than he can. 凡事只能量力而行。

13. All men cannot be first. 不可能人人都得第一名。

14. A little wind kindles³, much puts out the fire. 适可而止，过犹不及。

15. All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事都是先难后易。

16. Learn to walk before you run. 循序渐进

17. A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. 千言万语不如一个行动。

18. A living dog is better than a dead lion. 一条活狗胜过一头死狮。

19. A thousand probabilities do not make one truth. 一千个“或有”不能造成一个事实。

20. As the inner life is, so will be the language. 言为心声。

21. As a man's heart is, so does he speak. 言为心声。

22. A life without a purpose is a ship without a rudder. 人生无目的，犹如船失去了舵。

23. A great ship asks deep water. 巨轮寻深水而航行。

24. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 讲而不做，犹如花园里长满了荒草。

25. A man apt to promise is apt to forget. 轻诺者易忘。

26. A bargain is a bargain. 达成的协议不可撕毁。

27. As soon as you have drunk, you turn your back upon the spring. 忘恩负义。

28. A valiant⁴ man's look is more than a coward's sword. 勇士的神色胜过懦夫的刀剑。