A bosom¹ friend afar brings a distant land near.

海内存知己，天涯若比邻。

A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.

吃一堑，长一智。

All time is no time when it is past.

机不可失，时不再来。

Clumsy birds have to start flying early.

笨鸟先飞。

Difficult the first time, easy the second.

一回生，二回熟。

Good wine needs no bush.

酒香不怕巷子深。

He would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.

千里之行始于足下。

It is never too late to mend.

亡羊补牢，犹未为晚。

Life is a span.

人生如朝露。

Man proposes, God disposes.

谋事在人，成事在天。

One is never too old to learn.

活到老，学到老。

Rome was not built in a day.

罗马不是一日建成的。

Youth will be served.

青春好作乐。

Zeal² without knowledge is a runaway³ horse.

无知的狂热是脱缰的野马。

Home is where the heart is.

心在哪里，哪里就是家。

As heroes think, so thought Bruce.

英雄所见略同。

Courtesy costs nothing.

礼多人不怪。

Merry meet, merry part.

好聚好散。

Nurture⁴ passes nature.

教养胜过天性。