1. A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 好书如挚友，情谊永不渝

2. A good husband makes a good wife. 夫善则妻贤

3. A good name is sooner lost than won. 美名易失，不易得

4. A good wife is a good prize.贤妻赛宝石

5. A good winter brings a good summer. 好冬必有好夏

6. Achievement is founded on diligence and wasted upon recklessness.业精于勤，荒于嬉。

7. Actions speak louder than words. 百说不如一干。

8. Adversity makes a man wise,not rich.逆境增才干不增财富

9. After a storm comes a calm. 雨过天晴(意指：否极泰来)

10. After dinner sit a while; after supper walk a mile. 饭后百步，延年益寿

11. All are not friends that speak us fair.当面说好话的并不都是朋友。

12. All his geese are swans. 敝帚自珍

13. All is not gain that is got into the purse .装进钱包里的不一定都是收益。

14. All lay loads on a willing horse. 好马重负 All roads lead to Rome. 条条道路通罗马

15. All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的东西不一定是金子

16. All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事起头难

17. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只用功，不玩耍，聪明的孩子也变傻 All's well that ends well. 结果好，一切都好

18. Among the blinds the one-eyed man is king. 盲人国里，独眼称王。(意同：山中无老虎，猴子称大王)

19. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一日一苹果胜过找医生

20. An empty sack cannot stand upright. 空袋子，立不直

21. An Englishman's house is his castle. 英国人的家是独立王国。(意指：非经许可，不得进入)

22. An evil lesson is soon learned. 恶习易染

23. An eye for eye and a tooth for a tooth. 以眼还眼，以牙还牙 As good lost as found .有得必有失。

24. Bad excuses are worse than none. 狡辩比不辩护还糟

25. Barking dogs seldom bite. 吠犬不咬人

26. Be just before you are generous. 先还债，后慷慨

27. Beauty and folly are often companions. 美貌和愚蠢常结伴

28. Beauty is but skin-deep. 美丽只是外表罢了

29. Beggars' bags are bottomless. 乞丐不知足

30. Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear.虽眼见亦不能全信，道听途说更不足信。

31. Best is cheapest. 好货最便宜

32. Better buy than borrow. 买比借好 Better early than late. 宁早勿晚

33. Better go to heaven in rags than to hell in embroidery. 宁可空而有志，不可富而失节

34. Better late than never. 迟做总比不做好

35. Better lose the saddle than the horse. 宁可丢鞍，不可失马

36. Better the last smile than the first laughter.宁可最后笑，不要首先狂喜。

37. Better to wear out than rust out. 与其锈坏，不如用坏

38. Between two stools you fall to the ground. 脚踩两条凳，早晚要坠地(意同：脚踏两条船，两头要落空)

39. A bad workman always blames his tools.拙匠总怪工具差。

40. A brave man may fall, but he cannot yield. 勇者可能跌倒，但不会屈服。

41. A burnt child dreads the fire. 烧伤过的孩子怕见火。(意同：一朝被蛇咬，三年怕草绳)

42. A constant guest is never welcome. 常客招人嫌。

43. A contented mind is a perpetual feast. 知足长乐。

44. A cracked bell can never sound well. 破钟敲不响。

45. A drowning man will catch at a straw.人快淹死时稻草也要抓

46. A fair death honors the whole life. 死得其所，流芳百世。

47. A fox may grow grey, but never good. 江山易改，本性难移。

48. A friend in need is a friend in indeed. 患难识知已

49. A friend is easier lost than found. 失友容易，交友难。

50. A good beginning is half the battle.良好的开端是成功一半

51. A woman's work is never done. 妇女的家务事永远也做不完

52. A wonder lasts but nine days. 什么新奇的事，也新不了几天

53. A word to the wise is enough. 聪明人一点即明

54. A work ill done must be twice done. 马虎干活，准得返工

55. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 别离情更深

56. A house divided against itself cannot stand. 家庭不睦，万事不兴