A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不善始者不善终。
A bad thing never dies.
遗臭万年。
A bad workman always blames his tools.
不会撑船怪河弯。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
A bully is always a coward.
色厉内荏。
A burden of one's choice is not felt.
爱挑的担子不嫌重。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
A cat has 9 lives.
猫有九条命。
A cat may look at a king.
人人平等。
A close mouth catches no flies.
病从口入。
A constant guest is never welcome.
常客令人厌。
Actions speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
Adversity leads to prosperity.
穷则思变。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
逆境出人才。
A fair death honors the whole life.
死得其所，流芳百世。
A faithful friend is hard to find.
知音难觅。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长一智。
Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to dropback.
学习如逆水行舟，不进则退。
There is no such thing as a great talent without great will - power.
没有伟大的意志力，便没有雄才大略。—— Balzac 巴尔扎克
Pursue your object, be it what it will, steadily and indefatigably.
不管追求什么目标，都应坚持不懈。
The great use of life is to spend it for something that overlasts it.( w. james )
生命的最大用处是将它用于能比生命更长久的事物上。(詹姆斯)
East or west,home is best.
东好西好，还是家里最好。
Absence to love is what wind is to fire. It extinguishes the small; it inflames the great. (Roger de Bussy-Rabutin, French writer)
离别之于爱情好比风之于火，它能将小火熄灭，使大火熊熊燃烧。(法国作家 比西-拉比旦.R.)
Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
生命力不但在于坚持下去的能力，还在于从头再来的能力。
You cannot improve your past, but you can improve your future. Once time is wasted, life is wasted.
你不能改变你的过去，但你可以让你的未来变得更美好。一旦时间浪费了，生命就浪费了。