Save while you may, no morning sun lasts a whole day.
［译］能节俭时就节俭，朝阳难照一整天。
Saving is getting.
［译］节约等于增加收入。
Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil.
［注解］a beggar on horseback是指乍富的小人，暴发户。该谚语指穷人突然发了财，就会变得目空一切，态度傲慢无礼。
［译］叫花子发财，忘乎所以。
Small gains bring great wealth.
［译］小益聚大财，薄利成巨富。
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
［译］有时候一个人为不花钱得到的东西付出的代价最高。
Spoil (or Lose) the ship for half penny worth of tar.
［译］因小失大。