Burnt child dreads the fire.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
Business before pleasure.
事业在先，享乐在后。
Business is business.
公事公办。
By doing we learn.
经一事，长一智。
By falling we learn to go safely.
吃一堑，长一智。
By other's faults, wise men correct their own.
他山之石，可以攻玉。
By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it.
读书可以使我门的思想充实，谈话使其更臻完美
兵不厌诈。
All is not gold that glitters.
闪光的东西并不都是黄金。
All roads lead to Rome.
条条道路通罗马。
All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill.
有情人终成眷属。
All the treasures of the earth would not bring back one lost moment.
机会失去不再来，千贯万贯难赎回。
All things are easy that are done willingly.
做事乐意，诸事容易。
All things are obedient to money.
有钱能使鬼推磨。
A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.
少女有了许多求婚者往往选中了最差的一个。
A man apt to promise is apt to forget.
轻诺者易忘。
A man can not spin and reel at the same time.
一心不能二用。
A man cannot whistle and drink at he same time.
一心不能二用。
A man has two ears and one mouth that he may hear much and speak little.
人有两只耳朵一张嘴，就是为了多听少说话。
A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.
路遥知马力，日久见人心。
A man may dig his grave with his teeth.
祸从口出。
A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink.
牵马到河易，强马饮水难。
A man may love his house well without riding on the ridge.
有宝何必人前夸。
A match will set fire to a large building.
星星之火，可以燎原。
Ambition never dies until there is no way out.
不到黄河心不死
A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫厘，差之千里。
Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.
山中无老虎，猴子称霸王。
A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.，英语励志名言警句