Labour is often the father of pleasure.
［译］勤劳常为快乐之源。
Lazy folks (people) take the most pains.
［译］懒汉多吃苦。
Lazy youth makes lousy age.
［注解］意同“Young prodigal in a coach will make old beggar barefoot”。直译为：少时坐马车游荡多舒服，老来乞讨生活多痛苦。都用于比喻少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
［译］年轻游荡，老来受苦。
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
［译］只有向后看才能理解生活；但需要生活好，必须向前看。
Life demands to be lived.
［译］人生需要好好度过。
Life is a battle from cradle to grave.
［注解］意同“No dream his life was but a fight”。生命并不是梦幻，而是战斗。
［译］人生是一场从生到死的战斗；生存就是斗争。
Life is a big canvas and you should throw all the paint on it you can.
［译］人生是一幅大画布，你必须努力绘出绚丽多彩的人生。
Life is a big horse, and either you ride it or it rides you.
［译］人生像一匹马，你不驾驭它，它将驾驭你。
Life is but a span.
［译］人生如朝露；人生短暂。
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
［译］人过半生，方知天命。
Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.
［译］生活是由一系列下决心的努力所构成的。
Life is long if you know how to use it.
［译］若能好好利用，人的寿命就长。
Life is not all cakes and ale.
［注解］cakes and ale欢乐，物质享受。
［译］人生并非就是吃喝玩乐。
Life is very much like a mirror; if you smile upon it, it smiles back upon you; but if you frown, look doubtful on it, you will get a similar look in return.
［译］生活犹如一面镜子；你朝它笑，它也朝你笑；如果你紧锁双眉，向它投以怀疑的目光，它也将还你同样的目光。
Little pigeons can carry great messages.
［注解］指小物有大用；人小也能成大事。
［译］小小鸽子也能递送重大情报。
Live not to eat, but eat to live. (One should eat to live,not live to eat.)
［注解］出自拉丁语。古希腊大哲学家苏格拉底（Socrates 469—399 B. C.）说过：“Other men live to eat, while I eat to live.”别人活着为吃，我为生存而食。
［译］人为生而食，不为食而生。
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
［注解］语出Alexander Dumas (Davy de La Pailleterie)，法国作家大仲马。
［译］生活没有目标，就像航海没有指南针。
Luck comes when opportunity meets preparations.
［译］机会到来之时已做好准备，这就是好运。