It's a poor mouse that has only on hole.
鼠只有一洞，必先把命送。
It's a poor heart that never rejoices.
不知人间有乐趣者最可怜。
It's a good horse that never stumbles, A good wife that never grumbles.
良马不失蹄，贤妻不聒絮。
It never rains but it pours.
祸不单行。
It matters not how long we live but how.
问题不是活得多么长，而是活得怎么样。
It is wisdom sometimes to seem a fool.
大智若愚。
It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen.
贼出关门。
It is too late to come with the water when the house is burnt down.
马后炮。
It is too late to cast anchor when the ship is on the rock.
船触礁后在抛锚，为时已经太晚了。
It is the peculiarity of knowledge that those who really thirst for it always get it.
只要真正渴求知识，都能得到，这是知识的特点。
It is the nature of folly to see the faults of others and forget his own.
愚蠢的本质是只看到别人的错处而忘却了自己的过失。
It is the nature of every man to err, but only the fool perseveres in the error.
人总不免要犯错误，只有蠢人才坚持不改。
It is the general rule, that all superior men inherit the elements ofsuperiority from their mother.
一切优秀的人通常都从他们母亲那里继承优良的因素。
It is the first step that costs.
万事开头难。
It is right to put everything in its proper use.
凡事都应该用得其所。
It is one thing to speak much and another to speak pertinently.
话讲得多是一回事，讲得恰当是另一回事。
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水难收。
It is not work that kills, but worry.
劳动不伤人，忧虑才伤人。
It is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.
君子在德不在衣。
It is not shame for a man to learn that which he knows not, whatever be his age.
一个人不论年龄多大，都要学习不懂的东西，这没什么可羞耻。
It is not how long but how well we live.
问题不是活得长不长而是活得好不好。
It is not helps, but obstaceles, not facilities but difficulties, that make men.
造就人的，不是帮助，而是磨难，不是方便，而是困难。
It is not good to make a sleeping lion.
弄醒睡狮不是好事。
It is not every couple that is a pair.
成双并非皆配偶。
It is no honour for an eagle to vanquish a dove.
老鹰胜鸽，不足为荣。
It is my own fault if I am deceived by the same man twice.
在同一个人那里上两次当只能怪自己。
It is more pain to do nothing than something.
无事可干比有事可干更费劲。
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
施恩比受惠更有福。
It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends should be true to his country.
对朋友不义，不可能对国家效忠。
It is hard to please all parties.
取悦各方，谈何容易。
It is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well.
养女容易嫁女难。
It is good to learn at another man's cost.
前车之覆，后车之鉴。
It is good to have friends in trouble.
在患难时得到朋友是幸运的。
It is good to be merry at meal.
席间心情愉快是为上策。
It is good fishing in troubled waters.
混水之中好摸鱼。
It is easy to prophesy after the event.
事后诸葛亮,预言顶便当。
It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.
创业容易守业难。
It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything.
对一些事情知道是容易的，对任何一件事都了解详细却是困难的。
It is easy to be wise after the event.
事后诸葛亮好当。
It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him.
养虎易,驯虎难。
It is easier to pull down than build.
败事容易成事难。
It is easier to give good counsel than to follow it.
提出忠告易,照著办事难。
It is easier to descend than to ascend.
下降容易上升难。
It is dogged (that) does it.
天下无难事,只怕有心人。
It is better to wear out than to rust out.
与其懒死,不如累死。
It is better to please a fool than to anger him..
惹得傻瓜发火,不如使他快活。
It is better to fight for good than to rail at the ill.
与其责骂罪恶,不如伸张正义。
It is better to do well than to say well.
说得好不如做得好。
It is better to be safe than sorry.
事前小心为上,好过事后遭殃。
It is better to be clothed in rags, than to be clothed with shame.
宁可穿破衣,不可蒙羞耻。
It is better to be alone than in bad company.
与恶友交不如独处。
It is a wise father that knows his own child.
再睿智的父亲也未必了解自己的儿子。
It is as well to know which way the wind blows.
识时务者为俊杰。
It is a small flock that has not a black sheep.
人多必有败类。
It is a silly goose that comes to the fox's sermon.
只有呆鹅才去听狐狸说教。
It is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait.
智者不上两次当。
It is a poor heart that never rejoices.
不知世间有乐者最可怜。
It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
家丑不可外扬。
It is an evil sign too see a fox lick a lamb.
狐狸舔羔羊,这是凶迹象。
It is an equal failing to trust everybody and trust nobody.
信任任何人和不信任任何人,同样是缺点。