1.Don't tell tales out of school. 不要背后論人是非長短。

2.Drumming is not the way to catch a hare. 空話連篇于事無補。

3.Easier said than done. 知易行難。

4. Empty vessels make the most sound. 無知的人叫得最歡。

5.Every cock crows on his own dunghill. 每個處于安逸環境中的人，都可以自夸其勇。

6.Example is better no precept. 身教重于言教。

7.Fair words butter no parsnips. 空言于事無補。

8.Fair words fill not the belly. 漂亮話填不飽肚子。

9.First think, and then speak. 三思而后言。

10.Fling dirt enough and some will stick. 污物摔多必沾身。

11.Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down. 千秋功業非坐而可得。

12.From words to deeds is a great space. 說來容易做到難。

13.A good name is sooner lost than won. 好名聲得之難，失之易。

14.A good tale is none the worse for being told twice. 好故事百聽不厭。

15.The greatest talkers are the least doers. 夸夸其談者干得最少。/理論的巨人，行動的矮子。*

16.Harp not for ever on the same string. 勿老調重談。

17.Hear much ,speak little. 多聽少說。

18.He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue. 越是不會講話的人，越是口若懸河。

19.He that promises too much,means nothing. 輕諾必寡信。

20.He who denies all confesses all. 欲蓋彌彰。

注：15.英國劇作家米德爾頓語。