◆The best horse needs breeding¹, and the aptest child needs teaching².

最好的马要驯，最伶俐的孩子要教。

◆Learn young, learn fair.

学习趁年轻，学就要学好。

◆Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.

胸中有知识，胜于手中有金钱。

◆Once bitten, twice shy.

一次被咬，下次胆小。

◆Sound in body, sound in mind.

有健全的身体才有健全的精神。

◆Seeing is believing.

百闻不如一见。

◆Dogs wave their tails not so much in, love to you as your bread.

狗摇尾巴，爱的是你的面包。

◆Money is a good servant but a bad master.

要做金钱的主人，莫作金钱的奴隶。

◆It‘s hard sailing when there is no wind.

无风难驶船。

◆Lifeless, faultless.

只有死人才不会犯错误。

◆A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.

好书千载常如新。

◆Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.

读书如择友，宜少且宜精。

◆A book that remains³ shut is but a block.

书本不常翻，犹如一块砖。

◆A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难见真交。