An empty bag cannot stand upright.空袋子放不直。

A penny saved is a penny earned.省钱等于挣钱Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.早睡早起能使人健康，富有，明智。

Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.无论何事，因愤怒而起，必以羞愧而终。

The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.缺席者必是不对,出席者必有理由。

A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.慈爱的人应给自己保留一些缺点，以免朋友自惭形秽Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. 知足者常乐，因为他永远不会失望。

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.这个世界上没有什么事情是确信无疑的，除了死亡和纳税。

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it. 英明的人不需要建议，愚蠢的人不采纳建议。

Clearly spoken, Mr. Fogg; you explain English by Greek. 讲得很清楚，福格先生；你在用希腊语解释英语呢。

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself? 谁会像你自己那样经常欺骗你？Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.知足使贫穷的人富有；而贪婪使富足的人贫穷。

God heals and the doctor takes the fee. 上帝治病，医生收费。

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days. 鱼放三天臭，客住三天嫌He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals. 爱上自己的人没有竞争对手。

If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.如果一个人倾其所有以求学问，那么这些学问是没有人能拿走的。

If you would know the value of money try to borrow some. 如果你想知道金钱的价值，不妨去借一些。

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards. 婚前张开眼,婚后半闭目。

Were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, only asking the advantages authors have in a second edition to correct some faults in the first. 如果再给我一次机会，我会毫不犹豫地重新度过我的此生，一切从头开始。

只要求像作家那样，在修订版本的时候可以改正初版的某些错误。

Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason. 演说家来了,带来了滔滔不绝的语言和点点滴滴的道理He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money 相信金钱万能的人，往往会一切为了金钱。

Eat to live．not live to eat．吃饭是为了生活，但生活不是为了吃饭。

Visits should be short，like a winters day，Lest you are too troublesome hasten away．拜访别人时要短，时间长了似冬天。

如果你怕遭人烦，谈完事后赶紧还。

A house without woman & Fire-light is like a body without soul or sprite．一个没有女人与炉火的房间就像一个没有灵魂的躯体。

Kings and bears often worry theirkeepers．国王与黑熊常常害怕他们身边的看护者。

Light purse，heavy heart．钱包变轻，心情沉重。

He’s a Fool that makes his Doctor his Heir．一个把他的医生作为继承人的人是傻瓜。

Never take a wife till thou hast a house (& a fire) to put her in．没有房子与炉子，勿娶妻子进家门。

Even thy enemies take pride that they're their countryman．敌人有时也为你骄傲，因为大家都是一国同胞。

Hunger never saw bad bread．饥饿不挑剔面包的好坏。

Beware of meat twice boiled，& an old foe reconciled．不要吃煮过两次的肉，也不要相信和解过两次的敌人。

Great talkers，little doers．语言的巨人，行动的矮子。

A rich rogue is like a fat hog，who never does good till as dead as a log．一个富有的无赖就像一只大肥猪，活着从不干好事，死了像块烂木头。

Relation without friendship，friendship without power，power without will，will without effect，effect without profit，& profit without virtue，are not worth a far to．如果交往中没有友谊，友谊中没有坚持，权力中没有意志，意志不产生效果，效果不产生收益，收益不合有美德。

那么，这些都没有什么意义。

The flavor of the Great is no inheritance．伟人的一大优点是不留任何遗产。

Fools make feasts and wise men eat them．傻瓜设宴．，智者享用。

The poor have little，beggars none，the rich too much，enough not one．穷人财富少，乞丐没财富，富人财富多得用不了，还是感觉财富少，这样凭空添苦恼。

To lengthen thy Life．1essen thy Meals．想要寿命长，吃饭时间短。

The proof of gold is fire，the proof of woman，gold；The proof of man，a woman．真金用火验，人品用女人来检验。

He that lies down with dogs shall rise up with fleas．与狗一起躺下的人，起来跳蚤粘一身。

Distrust & caution are the parents of security．疑问是安全之父，警惕是安全之母。

Tongue double，brings trouble．说话添油加醋，滋生事端无数。

Great famine when wolves eat wolves．狼吃狼之时，闹大饥荒之日。

A good wife 1ost is God’s gift 1ost．失去一个好妻子，就是失去上帝赋给的最好礼物。

The heart of a fool is in his mouth，but the mouth of a wiseman is in his heart．傻瓜的心在他嘴里，聪明人的嘴在他心里。

Men & Me1ons are hard to know．人心难猜测，隔皮难猜瓜。

A fine genius in his own country is like gold in the mine．一个国家的天才，就像金矿里的金子。

There is no little enemy．敌人不论大小，杀伤力都很大。

He has 1ost his boots but saved his spurs．为找马刺丢靴子，捡了芝麻丢西瓜。

Snowy winter，a plentiful harvest．瑞雪兆丰年。

Nothing more like a fool than a drunken man．没有比喝醉的人更傻的了。

★God works wonders now&then．上帝常常创造奇迹。

Behold!a Lawyer。

an honest Man!请注意律师和假装老实的人。

He that lives carnally wont live eternally．生活荒淫无度，生命不能永驻。

Innocence is its own Defense．清白是清白的辩护人。

Time elates all things，could old Poets say；The Times ayechanged，our times drink all away．Never mind it，and she will besober after the Holidays．诗人云：时间侵蚀一切，时代沧桑变换，时光飞逝流转。

歌舞筵席庆祝停，时光依然向前行。