The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
具有新想法的人在其想法实现之前是个怪人。 -Mark Twain(美国作家马克.吐温)
The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.
人生重要的事情是确定一个伟大的目标，并决心实现它。 -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe(德国诗人、剧作家歌德)
If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.
如果你怀疑自己，那么你的立足点确实不稳固了。-Ibsen(挪威剧作家易卜生)
A cracked bell can never sound well.
破钟敲不响。
Better early than late.
宁早勿晚。
Love me, love my dog.
爱屋及乌。
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
知足是人生在世最大的幸事。 -Joseph Addison(美国作家艾迪生)
If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.
要想知道钱的价值，就想办法去借钱试试。 -Benjamin Franklin(美国总统富兰克林)
If you wish to succeed, you should use persistence as your good friend, experience as your reference, prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry.
如果你希望成功，当以恒心为良友，以经验为参谋，以谨慎为兄弟，以希望为哨兵。-Thomas Edison(美国发明家爱迪生)
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
有时候一个人为不花钱得到的东西付出的代价最高。-Albert Einstein(美国科学家爱因斯坦)
You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success. The man who has made up his mind to win will never say "impossible".
凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说"不可能的"。 -Bonapart Napoleon(法国皇帝拿破仑)
Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity.
命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。 -Richard Nixon(美国总统尼克松)
Genius only means hard-working all one's life.
天才只意味着终身不懈的努力。-Mendeleyev(俄国化学家门捷列耶夫)
You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.
从一个国家的广告可以看出这个国家的理想。 -Norman Douglas(英国作家道格拉斯)
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。 -Franklin Roosevelt(美国总统罗斯福)
A good husband makes a good wife.
夫善则妻贤。
Men learn while they reach.
教学相长
A little pot is soon hot.
壶小易热，量小易怒。
A burnt child dreads the fire.
烧伤过的孩子怕见火。
Second thoughts are best.
三思而后行。
It's great to be great, but it's greater to be human.
成为伟人是伟大的，成为真正的人就更伟大。
A good winter brings a good summer.
好冬必有好夏。
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
好书如挚友，情谊永不渝。
A lazy youth, a lousy age.
少时懒惰，老来虱咬。
A fair death honors the whole life.
死得其所，流芳百世。
Great minds think alike.
英雄所见略同。
A good wife is a good prize.
贤妻赛宝石。
A fox may grow grey, but never good.
江山易改，本性难移。
A contented mind is a perpetual feast.
知足长乐。
A cat may look at a king.
猫也可以看国王
A constant guest is never welcome.
常客招人嫌。
bad workman always blames his tools.
拙匠总怪工具差。
Friendship should not be all on one side.
友谊靠双方。
A good name is sooner lost than won.
美名易失，不易得。
Eat no fish.
做忠实可靠的。
It is good to learn at another man's cost.
前车可鉴。
A brave man may fall, but he cannot yield.
勇者可能跌倒，但不会屈服。
A little is better than none.
聊胜于无。