A soft answer turneth away wrath.
温和的回答可以息怒。
Advice when most needed is least heeded.
最容易忽视的建议往往是最重要的。
Be just before you are generous.
要慷慨必先求公正。
Make the best of a bad bargain.
已知吃亏,尽力而为。
He that makes a thing too fine, breaks it.
做事过于苛求,反把事情弄坏。
When all else is lost the future still remains.
就是失去了一切别的,也还有未来。
The world is his who enjoys it.
活着感到快乐,世界就属于你。
A little labor, much health.
适量的劳动有益于健康。
Laugh and grow fat.
心宽体胖。
Work won't kill but worry will.
劳动无害,忧愁伤身。
He is rich that has few wants.
寡欲者富。
Every man at forty is a fool or a physician.
人到四十,如果不是傻子,就该知道保养身体。
A bow long bent grows weak.
常拉满弓无力。
He is wise that knows when he is well enough.
知足为智者。
A good conscience is a continuous feast.
问心无愧天天乐。
Prevention is better than cure.
治病不如防病。
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
清洁仅次于圣洁。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一日一苹果,医生远离我。
In sports and journeys men are known.
从体育和旅行中可以看出男子的品德。
No man is happy but by comparison.
人的幸福都是比较而言的。
There is no joy without alloy.
世界上没有十全十美的快乐。
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.
进步是今天的活动,明天的保证。
Good order is the foundation of all things.
良好的秩序是一切的基础。
He that plants trees loves others besides himself.
植树的人,不但爱己,而且爱人。
The world is but a little place, after all.
天涯原咫尺,何处不相逢。
Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
仁爱是联结社会的金链。
Where there is unity, there is victory.
有团结就有胜利。
United we stand, divided we fall.
团结则存,分裂则亡。
Love is the mother of love.
情生情,爱生爱。
Love lives in cottages as well as in courts.
爱情不分贵贱。
True love never grows old.
真正的爱永不衰老。
Hope is a lover's staff.
希望是爱者的手扶之杖。
It is better to give than to take.
施比受更有福。
Example is better than precept.
身教胜于言传。