瑙桔梗

A burnt child dreads the fire.       

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草繩

A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow.      

上樑不正下樑歪

A little learning is a dangerous thing.            

一知半解最危險

A man is known by the company he keeps.         

觀其友，知其人

A miss is as good as a mile.          

差之毫釐失之千里

A stitch in time saves nine.           

一勞永逸

A young idler, an old beggar.      

少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲

After a storm comes a calm.         

否極泰來，雨過天青

All good things come to an end.         

花無百日紅，好景不常在

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

只工作無消遣會使人遲鈍

As you make the bed, so you must lie in it.          

自作自受

Bad news travels fast.       

壞事傳千里

Beggars must not be choosers.            

飢不擇食

Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.      

寧為雞首不為牛後

Clothes do not make the man.      

人不可貌相

Constant dropping wears away the stone.            

滴水穿石

Custom reconciles us to everything.         

習慣成自然

Do to others as you would have others do to you. 

推己及人

Don’t bite off more than you can chew.          

不要貪多嚼不爛

Every cloud has a silver lining.          

凡事皆有好的一面，否極泰來

Example is better than precept.          

身教重於言教

Experience is the best teacher.      

前事不忘，後事之師

Experience is the mother of wisdom.        

不經一事，不長一智

First impressions are most lasting.           

先入為主

Good medicine tastes bitter.         

良藥苦口

Great minds think alike.        

英雄所見略同

Happiness consists in contentment.          

知足常樂

Haste makes waste.          

欲速則不達

He who is contented is rich.          

知足者富

In wine, there is truth.      

酒後吐真言

It is never too late to men.      

亡羊補牢，時猶未晚

It takes two to make a quarrel/to tango.        

一個巴掌拍不響

Let bygones be bygones.        

過去的就讓它過去，既往不咎

Life is but an empty dream.         

浮生若夢

Lost time is never found.        

光陰一逝不復返

Man proposes, God disposes.       

謀事在人成事在天

Many hands make light work.           

人多好辦事

Never do things by halves.           

做事莫半途而廢

Old habit dies hard.         

積習難改

One good turn deserves another.       

好心有好報

Pride goes before a fall.          

驕者必敗

Share and share alike.      

有福同享，有難同當

Slow and stead wins the race.      

慢而穩者操勝算，慢工出細活

Strike while the iron is hot. / Make hay while the sun shines.          

打鐵趁熱

The pot calls the kettle black.       

五十步笑百步

There is no royal road to learning.           

學問無捷徑

There is no smoke without fire.          

無風不起浪

Time will tell.       

時間會證明一切

To err is human; to forgive divine.          

人非盛賢孰能無過

Too many cooks spoil the broth.         

人多礙事

Two heads are better than one.           

集思廣益

Variety is the spice of life.      

變化是人生的調味品

Walls have ears.         

隔牆有耳

Well begun is half done.         

好的開始是成功的一半

When one doors shuts, another opens.            

天無絕人之路

Where there is life, there is hope.       

留得青山在，不怕沒柴稍

You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.