- Strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。
- When poverty comes in at the door,love flies out of the window.贫穷一进门,爱情跳窗走。
- Do not sell the bears skin before you have caught the bear.熊未到手休卖皮(勿过早乐观)。
- Do not despise your enemy.不可轻敌。
- The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good.要求过高,反难成功。
- Actions speak louder than words.行动比言语响亮;百说不如一干。
- Beware of a silent dog and still water.哑狗和静水,二者都得防。
- Short accounts make long friends.好朋友勤算账。
- Industry is fortunes right hand,and frugality her left.勤勉是幸运的右手,世俭是幸运的左手。
- Better master one than engage with ten.会十事,不如精一事。