You should, like a candle, burn yourself out to give light to others.

要象蜡烛一样燃烧自己，照亮别人。

Business before pleasure.

干完正事再玩儿。

Little things please little minds.

胸无大志，事事称心。

Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.

知识使人笑逐言开，财富使人手舞足蹈。

Life is for one generation, a good name is forever.

生命只有一代之久，而美名永存于世。

Sow nothing, reap¹ nothing.

春不播，秋不收。

Clothes do not make the man.

人不在衣装。

Man struggles upwards²; water flows downwards³.

人往高处走，水往低处流。

He laughs best who laughs last.

谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好。

A little pot is soon hot.

壶小易沸，量小易怒。

No sweet without sweat.

幸福来自汗水。

Good or bad we must all live.

无论生活是悲是喜，我们都须承受。

Life is like the moon: now dark, now full.

生活如同月亮，时有阴晴圆缺。

Variety is the spice of life.

变化是生活的调味料。

To fill the hour – that is happiness.

珍惜时间就是幸福。

Laugh and grow fat.

心宽体胖。

After sorrow, joy.

苦尽甘来。

Every heart has its own ache.

每个人都有各自的苦痛。

Every cloud has a silver lining⁴.

万事皆有转机。

When fortune knocks, open the door.

运气来时，莫错过。

Make money your servant, not your master.

要让金钱做你的仆人，不要让它做你的主人。

Gold will not buy everything.

金钱买不到一切。

Good medicine always tastes bitter.

良药苦口。

Nothing down, nothing up.

没有挫折，没有成功。

Better late than never.

迟做总比不做强。

The best is yet to come.

未来是最美好的。

East or west, home is best.

在家千日好，在外一时难。

It’s never too late to mend.

改过不嫌迟。

Don’t trouble troubles till trouble troubles you.

麻烦未来找你，别去自找麻烦。

Time will tell.

时间将说明一切。

It’s no use crying over spilt milk.

覆水难收。