吃一塹，長一智。
every man is the architect of his own fortune.
自己的命運自己掌握。
every minute counts.
分秒必爭。
every mother's child is handsome.
孩子是自己的好。
every potter praises hit pot.
王婆賣瓜，自賣自夸。
everything is good when new, but friends when old.
東西是新的好，朋友是老的親。
example is better then percept.
說一遍，不如做一遍。
experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
經驗是智慧之父，記憶是智慧之母。
experience must be bought.
fact speak louder than words.
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.以眼還眼，以牙還牙。 an hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之計在于晨。 an old dog cannot learn new tricks.老狗學不出新把戲。
a sound mind in a sound body.健全的精神寓于健康的身體。 a still tongue makes a wise head.寡言者智。 a stitch in time saves nine.小洞不補，大洞吃苦。 a straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。
bad news has wings.好事不出門，壞事傳千里。 barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人。 beauty lies in the love's eyes.情人眼里出西施。 be swift to hear, slow to speak.聽宜敏捷，言宜緩行。
books and friends should be few but good.讀書如交友，應求少而精。 business is business.公事公辦。 business is the salt of life.事業是人生的第一需要。
come what may, heaven won't fall.做你的吧，天塌不下來。 complacency is the enemy of study.學習的敵人是自己的滿足。 confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.自信是走向成功的第一步。
custom is a second nature.習慣是后天養成的。 custom makes all things easy.有個好習慣，事事皆不難。 diamond cuts diamond.強中自有強中手。 do as the romans do.入鄉隨俗。 do as you would be done by.己所不欲，勿施于人。
今日事，今日畢。 don't put the cart before the horse.不要本末倒置。 don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.不要自找麻煩。 don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.不要班門弄斧。
even homer sometimes nods.智者千慮，必有一失。 even reckoning makes long friends.親兄弟，明算賬。 every advantage has its disadvantage.有利必有弊。 everybody's business is nobody's business.人人負責，等于沒人負責。