1. Pride goes before a fall. 驕者必敗。

2. Fish in troubled waters. 渾水摸魚。

3. Business is business. 公事公辦。

4. The style is the man. 文如其人。

5. More haste， less speed. 欲速則不達。

6. Great minds think alike. 英雄所見略同。

7. Misfortunes never come alone. 禍不單行。

8. Hedges have eyes， walls have ears. 隔籬有眼，隔墻有耳。

9. Man proposes， God disposes. 謀事在人成事在天。

10. Beauty is in the eye of beholder. 情人眼里出西施。

11. Time and tide wait for no man. 時不待我/歲月無情。

12. A young idler， an old beggar. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。

13. A man should not bite the hand that feeds him. 不要恩將仇報。

14. Health is better than wealth. 家有萬貫財，不如一身健。

15. Out of office， out of danger. 無官一身輕。

16. In time of peace prepare for war. 居安當思危。

17. The tongue cuts the throat. 禍從口出/言多必失。

18. Out of sight， out of mind. /Far from eye， far from heart. 眼不見，心不煩。

19. All shall be well， Jack shall have Jill. 有情人終成眷屬。

20. Friends must part. 天下沒有不散之宴席。

21. The remembrance of the past is the teacher of the future. 前事不忘，后事之師。

22. He who laughs last laughs best. 笑到最后的人笑得最得意。

23. An eye for an eye， and a tooth for a tooth. 以眼還眼，以牙還牙。

24. Dog does not eat dog. 狗不咬狗（同類不相殘）。

25. Like father， like son. 有其父必有其子。

26. Look before you leap. 三思而后行。

27. No pains， no gains. 不勞則無獲。

28. Nothing venture， nothing have. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

29. Seeing is believing. 百聞不如一見（眼見為真）。

30. Speak of the devil and he comes. 說曹操曹操就到。