1 不能如愿而为，也须尽力为之。
They who can’t do as they would must do as they can.
2 自诩无所不知， 其实愚昧无知。
They that think they know everything know nothing.
3 木已成舟。
Things done can’t be undone.
4 欲断今日事，须知往日情。
Things present are judged by things past.
5 船到桥头自然直。
Things will eventually sort themselves out.
6 三思而后行。
Think before you speak, but look before you leap.
7 逢人且说三分话，不可全抛一片心。
Think before you speak and then talk with reservation.
8 与少数人一起思考，与多数人一起交谈。
Think with a few ,speak with the many.
9 正中下怀。
This struck a cord in my heart.
10 教学相长。
Thoroughly to teach another is the best way to learn for yourself.
11 惜时者无闲暇。
Those that make the best use of their time have none to spare.
12 忘记过去必会重蹈覆辙。
Those who can’t remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
13 要做先生，必先做学生。
Those who would teach must first learn.
14 百听不厌。
Though ten times repeated ,it will continue to please.
15 思想是行动的种子。
Thought is the seed of action.
16 团结一心，由弱变强。
Through concord small things grow great.
17 通过服从，学习指挥。
Through obedience learn to command.
18 陪了夫人又折兵。
Throw good money after bad.
19 伟业非一日之功。
Time and hard work are necessary for a difficult or important task.
20 有了时间和耐心，蜗牛也会慢慢爬到长城。
Time and patience would bring the snail to Jerusalem.
21 岁月不饶人。
Time and tide wait for n man.
22 只要肯等待，一切都会重来。
Time brings rose.
23 事事及时做，一日顶三日。
To him that does everything in its proper time, one day is worth three.
24 维持友谊的三件事：当面尊重她，背后赞扬她，需要时帮助她。
To preserve a friend three things are required: to honour him present, praise him absent and assist him in his necessities.
25 眼过千遍，不如手过一遍。
To write by hand exceeds to look a thousand times.
26 教育之于心灵，犹如雕刻之于大理石。
What sculpture is to a black of marble, education is to the soul.
27 凡事要适可而止。
What suffices is enough.
28 上有所好，下必甚焉。
What the superior favors will receive excessively enthusiastic responses from his subordinates.
29 替好人办事不会白做。
Whatever is done for good men is never done in vain.
30 天下无难事。
Whatever man has done man may do.
31 本性难移。
What’s bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh.
32 先苦后甜，甜上加甜。
When bitterness precedes sweetness, the sweetness becomes sweeter.
33 随声附和。
When father turns, we all turn.
34 一日不见，如隔三秋。
When I do not see him,one day seems as long as three season.
35 不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。
When it rains, it pours.
36 人心齐，泰山移。
When men are of one heart, they can move Mount Tai.
37 城门失火，殃及池鱼。
When the city gate catches fire, the fish in the moat will suffer.
38 当内心开始斗争时，其人就又了价值。
When the fight begins within himself, a man’s worth something.
39 胸有成竹，口若悬河。
When the heart is full, the tongue will speak.
40 三人行，必有我师。
Whenever I walk with men, I can always find teachers in them.
