1.Something is better than nothing.聊胜于无。

2.Soon learn， soon forgotten.学得快，忘得快。

3.Soon ripe， soon rotten.熟得快，烂得快。

4.Put your shoulder to the wheel.鼎力相助。

5.Reading enriches¹ the mind.开卷有益。

6.Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑，运动强身。

7.Respect yourself， or no one else will respect you.要人尊敬，必须自重。

8.Rome is not built in a day冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。

9.Saying is one thing and doing another.言行不一。

10.Seeing is believing.眼见为实。

11.Send a wise man on an errand²， and say nothing to him.智者当差，不用交代。

12.Set a thief to catch a thief.以贼捉贼。

13.Short accounts make long friends.好朋友勤算账。

14.Speech is silver， silence is gold.能言是银，沉默是金。

15.Still water run deep.静水常深。

16.Strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。

17.Success belongs to the persevering³.坚持就是胜利。

18. Tomorrow comes never.切莫依赖明天。

19.One today is worth two tomorrows.一个今天胜似两个明天。

20.The morning sun never lasts a day.好景不常;朝阳不能光照全日。