A good book is a light to the soul.
［译］好书一本，照亮心灵。
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
［译］好书如挚友，情谊永不渝。
A good marksman may miss.
［译］智者千虑，必有一失。
A little learning is a dangerous thing.
［注解］这是18世纪英国著名古典主义诗人亚历山大·薄柏广为流传的诗句。
［译］学问浅薄，如履薄冰。
A man becomes learned by asking questions.
［注解］要长学问，就得多问。
［译］不耻下问才能有学问。
A still tongue makes a wise head.
［译］智者寡言，寡言为智。
A useful trade is a mine of gold.
［译］一技在身犹如金矿在手。
A wise man is strong.
［译］智者乃强者。
A word to the wise is enough (or sufficient).
［译］聪明人一点就通。
An empty sack cannot stand upright.
［注解］袋子里有粮食才能直立，人要吃了饭才能生活；指穷困潦倒常使人丧失一切精神和美德。汉语中的“空袋立不直”是比喻“没有真才实学就站不稳脚跟”。
［译］空袋子，立不直。