A candle lights others and consumes itself.
［译］蜡烛燃烧自己，照亮别人。
A fair death honors the whole life.
［注解］此谚语指死得其所，流芳百世。
［译］死得高尚，一生光荣。
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
［译］吃一堑，长一智。
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
［译］万丈高楼平地起。
A lazy youth, a lousy age. (or A young idler, an old beggar.)
［译］少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
A man can only die once. (or A man can die but once.)
［译］人生只有一回死。
A man is as old as he feels, and a woman as old as she looks.
［注解］指男人自己感觉多老就多老，外貌老没关系；女人的外表多老就多老，因为人们凭外貌判断其年龄。
［译］男人老不老，自己最知晓；女人老不老，只要看容貌。
A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.
［译］只要一个人还有追求，他就没有老。直到后悔取代了梦想，一个人才算老。
A merry heart, maketh a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
［注解］语出《圣经·箴言》第15章第13节。maketh=makes.
［译］心中喜乐，面带笑容；心里忧愁，灵魂受损。
A ragged coat may cover an honest man.
［译］身穿破衣衫，可能是忠厚汉；人穷志不穷。
A willful man must have his way.
［注解］意志坚定顽强，定能如愿以偿。
［译］只要人有志，万事皆可成。
Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves.
［译］怨天尤人只是为自己开脱。
Achievement is founded on diligence and wasted upon recklessness.
［译］业精于勤荒于嬉。
Adversity leads to prosperity.
［译］穷则思变。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
［注解］逆境能磨炼人的意志，使人聪明有才干。
［译］逆境增才干，并不增财富。
All healthy people like their dinner, but their dinner is not the main object of their life.
［译］一切健康的人都吃得很香，但是吃饭并不是他们生活的主要目标。
Ambition never dies until there is no way out.
［译］不到黄河心不死。
As a man sows, so shall he reap.
［注解］语出《圣经·加拉太书》第6章第7节。
［译］种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。