1.Life is but a span.
人生苦短。

2.Every door may be shut, but death's door.
人生在世，唯死难逃。

3.Man is the soul of the universe.
人是万物之灵。

4.Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards.
人往高处走，水往低处流。

5.A body without knowledge is like a house without a foundation.
人无知犹如房屋无基。

6.The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.
人言可畏。

7.The more noble, the humbler.
人越高尚，越谦虚。

8.Patience is the best remedy.
忍耐是良药。

9.An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
日吃苹果一只，身体健康不求医。

10.Do as the Romans do.
入乡随俗。

11.A snow year, a rich year.
瑞雪兆丰年。

12.Many heads are better than one.
三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。

13.Everybody's business in nobody's business.
三个和尚没水喝。

14.Look before you leap.
三思而后行。

15.Think twice before you do.
三思而后行。

16.A bully is always a coward.
色厉内荏。

17.If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.
杀鸡取卵。竭泽而渔。

18.All that glitters is not gold.
闪光的不一定都是金子。

19.A good beginning makes a good ending.
善始者善终。

20.Do well and have well.
善有善报。