Nothing is too difficult if you put your heart into it.

世上无难事只要肯登攀

Time is money.

时间就是金钱。

Like father, like son.

有其父必有其子。

Many hands make light work.

人多力量大。

Grasp all, lose all.

样样都要，全都失掉。

Silly child is soon taught.

要想孩子好，教育要趁早。

More haste¹, less speed.

欲速则不达。

Easier said than done.

说起来容易，做起来难。

The first step is the hardest.

万事开头难。

Who knows most says least.

懂的最多的人，说的最少。

Time and tide wait for no man.

岁月不待人。

Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.

今日事今日毕。

Diligence is the mother of success.

失败是成功之母。

It's never too late to learn.

活到老，学到老。

Walls have ears.

隔墙有耳

Wash your dirty linen² at home.

家丑不可外扬

Wealth is best known³ by want.

人穷方知钱可贵

What is done by night appears by day.

若要人不知，除非已莫为

When a man is going down-hill, everyone will give him a push.

墙倒众人推

When one will not, two cannot quarrel.

一个巴掌拍不响

When poverty⁴ comes in at the door, love flies out at the window.

贫穷进门来，爱情越窗飞

When wine sinks, words swim.

美酒一下肚，话匣关不住

Where there‘s life there‘s hope.

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧

Will is power.

意志就是力量

Words are but wind, but seeing is believing.

耳听为虚，眼见为实