Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。

　　Heaven never helps the man who will not act.自己不动，叫天何用。

　　Happiness takes no account of time.欢乐不觉时光过。

　　God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助。

　　Blood will have blood. 血债血偿。

　　Better late than never. 不怕慢，单怕站。

　　Things at the worst will mend.否极泰来。

　　A still tongue makes a wise head. 寡言者智。

　　The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up. 水能载舟，亦能覆舟。

　　The higher up, the greater the fall.爬得高，摔得惨。

　　Many things grow in the gardens that were never sown there. 有心栽花花不开，无心插柳柳成荫。

　　Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea. 河流虽历尽险阻，也能蜿蜓流入大海。

　　No cross, no crown.不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹

　　Even the emperor has straw-sandaled relatives. 皇帝也有穿草鞋的亲戚。

　　If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.脚踏两条船，必定落空。

　　To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune. 要真正了解一个人，需在不幸中考察他.

　　Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing. 有时候一个人为不花钱得到的东西付出的代价最高。

　　Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone. 笑，让世界与你同笑;哭，独自去哭吧。.