1. Business may be troublesome,but idleness is pernicious.事业虽扰人，懒惰害更大。

2. He that thinks his business below him will always be above his business. 自命大才小用，往往眼高手低。

3. Do business,but be not a slave to it.要做事，但不要做事务的奴隶。

4. Everybody’s business is nobody’s business.众人的事就是无人过问的事。

5. Work makes the workman.勤工出巧匠。

6. It is right to put everything in its proper use.凡事都应用得其所。

7. Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.按部就班，事情很快就做完。

8. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只工作，不玩耍，聪明小孩也变傻。

9. Work bears witness who does well.工作能证明谁做的好。

10. It is not work that kills,but worry.工作不会伤身，伤身乃是忧虑。

11. He that will not work shall not eat.不工作者不得食。

12. Business is business.公事公办。

13. 81.Deliberate slowly,执行 promptly.慢慢酌量，快快行动。

14. Put your shoulder to the wheel.努力工作。

15. .Never do things by halves.做事不要半途而废。

16. In for a penny,in for a pound.做事一开头，就要做到底;一不做，二不休。

17. Many hands make quick work.人多干活快。

18. Many hands make light work.众擎易举。

19. A bad workman quarrels with his tools.技术拙劣的工人抱怨自己的工具。

20. Diligence is the mother of success.勤奋是成功之母。

21. Idleness is the root of all evil.懒惰乃万恶之源。

22. Care and diligence bring luck.谨慎和勤奋带来好运。

23. Diligence is the mother of good fortune.勤勉是好运之母。

24. Industry is fortune’s right hand,and frugality her left. 勤勉是幸运的右手，世俭是幸运的左手。

25. Idleness is the key of beggary.懒惰出乞丐。

26. No root,no fruit.无根就无果。

27. Idle people (folks) have the most labour (take the most pains). 懒人做工作，越懒越费力。

28. Sloth is the key of poverty.惰能致贫。

29. Sloth turneth the edge of wit.懒散能磨去才智的锋芒。

30. An idle brain is the devil’s workshop.懒汉的头脑是魔鬼的工厂。

31. The secret of wealth lieth in the letters SAVE.节俭是致富的秘诀。

32. An idle youth,a needy age.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

33. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.浅学误人。

34. A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning. 少量的常识，当得大量的学问。

35. Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。

36. Learn wisdom by the follies of others.从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。

37. It is good to learn at another man’s cost.前车可鉴。

38. Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body. 知识之于精神，一如健康之于肉体。

39. 43.Experience is the best teacher.经验是最好的教师。

40. Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. 经验是知识之父，记忆是知识之母。

41. Dexterity comes by experience.熟练来自经验。

42. Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。

43. Experience keeps a dear school,but fools learn in no other. 经验学校学费高，愚人旁处学不到。

44. Experience without learning is better than learning without experience. 有经验而无学问，胜于有学问而无经验。

45. Wit once bought is worth twice taught.由经验而得的智慧，胜于学习而得的智慧;一次亲身的体会，胜过两次的教师教导。

46. Seeing is believing.百闻不如一见。

47. Business is the salt of life.事业是生命之盐。

48. Business before pleasure.事业在先，享乐在后。

49. Business makes a man as well as tries him.事业可以考验人，也可以造就人。 54.Business neglected is business lost.忽视职业便是放弃职业。

50. Never think yourself above business.勿自视过高;不要眼高手低;永远不要认为自己是大才小用。

51. Better late than never.迟做总比不做好。

52. Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.凡是值得做的事，就值得做好。

53. The shortest answer is doing the thing.最简短的回答就是一个“干”字。

54. Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.行动是知识之佳果。

55. It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.没有土壤，播种也是徒劳。

56. Better master one than engage with ten.会十事，不如精一事。

57. A work ill done must be twice done.首次做不好，必须重新搞。

58. They who cannot do as they would,must do as they can. 不能如愿而行，也须尽力而为。

59. If you would have a thing well done,do it yourself. 想把事情来做好，就得亲自动手搞。