It is dangerous crisis when a proud heart meets with flattering lips 骄傲的心碰上献媚的嘴，是最危险不过的。

It is a good horse that never stumbles. 良马不失蹄。

It is a good tongue that says no ill, and a better heart that thinks none. 善心不想坏事，好舌不出恶声。

It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune. 对己之不幸付之一笑，这是一门伟大的艺术。

It is a long lane that has no turning. 路必有弯。

It is an equal failing to trust everybody and trust nobody. 信任任何人和不信任任何人，同样是缺点。

It is an evil sign too see a fox lick a lamb. 狐狸舔羔羊，这是凶迹象。

It is an ill bird that fouls² its own nest. 家丑不可外扬。

It is a poor heart that never rejoices. 不知世间有乐者最可怜。

It is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait. 蠢人才吃两次亏。

It is a silly goose that comes to the fox''s sermon. 只有呆鹅才去听狐狸说教。

It is a small flock that has not a black sheep. 家家难免有败类。

It is as well to know which way the wind blows. 识时务者为俊杰。

It is a wise father that knows his own child. 父贤知其子。

It is better to be alone than in bad company. 无友要比交坏友好。

It is better to be clothed in rags, than to be clothed with shame. 宁可穿破衣，不可蒙羞耻。

It is better to be safe than sorry. 事后追悔不如事前稳妥。

It is better to do well than to say well. 理论好不如实际好。

It is better to fight for good than to rail at the ill. 与其抱怨，不如积善。

It is better to please a fool than to anger him. 惹得傻瓜发火，不如使他快活。

It is better to wear out than to rust¹ out. 与其锈掉，不如用坏。

It is dogged (that) does it. 天下无难事，只怕有心人。

It is easier to descend³ than to ascend⁴. 下降容易上升难。

It is easier to give good counsel than to follow it. 提出忠告易，照著办事难。

It is easier to pull down than build. 败事容易成事难。

It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him. 养虎易，驯虎难。

It is easy to be wise after the event. 当事后诸葛亮容易。

It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything. 对每一件事知道一些是容易的，对任何一件事详细知道是困难的。

It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open. 开设店铺易，维持常开难。

It is easy to prophesy⁵ after the event. 事后诸葛亮，预言顶便当。

It is good fishing in troubled waters. 混水之中好摸鱼。

It is good to be merry at meal. 席间心情愉快是为上策。

It is good to have friends in trouble. 在患难时得到朋友是幸运的。

It is good to learn at another man''s cost. 前车之覆，后车之鉴。

It is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well. 养女容易嫁女难。

It is hard to please all parties. 取悦各方，谈何容易。

It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends should be true to his country. 对朋友不义，不可能对国家效忠。

It is more blessed to give than to receive. 施恩比受惠更有福。

It is more pain to do nothing than something. 什么都不做要比做一点更不好受。

It is my own fault if I am deceived by the same man twice. 在同一个人那里上两次当只能怪自己。

It is no honour for an eagle to vanquish⁶ a dove. 老鹰胜鸽，不足为荣。

It is not every couple that is a pair. 成双并非皆配偶。

It is not good to make a sleeping lion. 弄醒睡狮不是好事。

It is not helps, but obstaceles, not facilities but difficulties, that make men. 造就人的，不是帮助，而是磨难，不是方便，而是困难。

It is not how long but how well we live. 问题不是活得长不长而是活得好不好。

It is not shame for a man to learn that which he knows not, whatever be his age. 一个人不论年龄多大，都要学习不懂的东西，这不是羞耻。

It is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子在德不在衣。

It is not work that kills, but worry. 劳动不伤人，忧虑才伤人。

It is no use crying over spilt milk. 泼水难收。

It is one thing to speak much and another to speak pertinently⁷. 话讲得多是一回事，讲得恰当是另一回事。

It is right to put everything in its proper use. 凡事都应该用得其所。

It is the first step that costs. 万事开头难。

It is the general rule, that all superior men inherit the elements ofsuperiority from their mother. 一切优秀的人通常都从他们母亲那里继承优良的因素。

It is the nature of every man to err, but only the fool perseveres⁸ in the error. 人总不免要犯错误，只有蠢人才坚持不改。

It is the nature of folly⁹ to see the faults of others and forget his own. 愚蠢的本质是只看到别人的错处而忘却了自己的过失。

It is the peculiarity¹⁰ of knowledge that those who really thirst for it always get it. 只要真正渴求知识，都能得到，这是知识的特点。

It is too late to cast anchor when the ship is on the rock. 船触礁后在抛锚，为时已经太晚了。

It is too late to come with the water when the house is burnt down. 马后炮。

It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen. 贼出关门。

It is wisdom sometimes to seem a fool. 大智若愚。

It matters not how long we live but how. 问题不是活得多么长，而是活得怎么样。

It never rains but it pours. 祸不单行。(不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。)

It''s a good horse that never stumbles, A good wife that never grumbles¹¹. 良马不失蹄，贤妻不聒絮。

It''s a poor heart that never rejoices. 不知人间有乐趣者最可怜。

It''s a poor mouse that has only on hole. 鼠只有一洞，必先把命送。

It''s earier to run down the hill than go up. 下山容易上山难。

It''s easy to fall into a trap, but hard to get out again. 堕入陷阱易，脱离陷阱难。

It''s hard sailing when there is no wind. 没有风难航行。

It''s no sin to sell dear, but a sin to give ill measure. 高价卖不为过，短斤少两才有罪。

It''s not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子重德不重衣。

It''s no use pumping a dry well. 徒劳无益。

It takes all sorts to make a world. 万千事物，形成世界。

It takes two to make a quarrel. 要有两个人才吵得起来。