1. Life would be too smooth if it had no rubs in it.

　　生活若無波折險阻，就會過于平淡無奇。

　　2. Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions form insufficient premises.

　　生活是一種藝術，要在不充足的前提下得出充足的結論。

　　3. Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

　　生活是繪畫，不是做算術。

　　4. The wealth of the mind is the only wealth.

　　精神的財富是唯一的財富。

　　5. You can't judge a tree by its bark.

　　人不可貌相。

　　6. Sharp tools make good work.

　　工欲善其事，必先利其器。

　　7. Bad times make a good man.

　　艱難困苦出能人。

　　8. The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

　　世界上對勇氣的最大考驗是忍受失敗而不喪失信心。

　　9. A man's best friends are his ten fingers.

　　人最好的朋友是自己的十個手指。

　　10. Only they who fulfill their duties in everyday matters will fulfill them on great occasions.

　　只有在日常生活中盡責的人才會在重大時刻盡責。

　　11. The shortest way to do many things is to only one thing at a time.

　　做許多事情的捷徑就是一次只做一件事。

　　12. A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.(J. Burroughs)

　　一個人可以失敗很多次，但是只要他沒有開始責怪旁人，他還不是一個失敗者。(巴勒斯)

　　13. A friend without faults will never be found.

　　沒有缺點的朋友是永遠找不到的。

　　14. If you don't aim high you will never hit high.

　　不立大志，難攀高峰。

　　15. However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names.

　　不論你的生活如何卑賤，你要面對它生活，不要躲避它，更別用惡言咒罵它。

　　16. It is the first step that costs.

　　萬事開頭難。

　　17. All that you do, do with your might; things done by halves are never done right.

　　做一切事情都應盡力而為，半途而廢永遠不行。

　　18. A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.

　　鏈條的堅固程度取決于它最薄弱的環(huán)節(jié)。

　　19. The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

　　對明天做好的準備就是今天做到最好!

　　20. Few things are impossible in themselves; and it is often for want of will, rather than of means, that man fails to succeed.(La Rocheforcauld, French writer)

　　事情很少有根本做不成的;其所以做不成，與其說是條件不夠，不如說是由于決心不夠。(法國作家 羅切福考爾德.L.)

　　21. One needs things to be truly happy living in the world: some thing to do, some one to love, some thing to hope for.

　　要得到真正的快樂，我們只需擁有三樣東西：有想做的事，有值得愛的人，有美麗的夢。

　　22. Faith will move mountains.

　　精誠所至，金石為開。

　　23. A guest should suit the convenience of the host.

　　客隨主便。

　　24. A letter from home is a priceless treasure.

　　家書抵萬金。

　　25. All rivers run into the sea.

　　殊途同歸。

　　26. All time is no time when it is past.

　　機不可失，時不再來。

　　27. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

　　一日一個蘋果，身體健康不求醫(yī)。

　　28. As heroes think, so thought Bruce.

　　英雄所見略同。