Easier said than done.
说起来容易，做起来难。 Dreams are lies.
梦不足信。 Do not teach fish to swim.
不要班门弄斧。 A light heart live long.
心情开朗寿命长。不恼不愁，活到白头。 An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
日吃苹果一只，身体健康不求医。 Poverty is stranger to industry.
勤劳之人不受穷。 Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action.
考虑要仔细,行动要迅速. One sin opens the door for another. ---German
犯了一次罪恶就会犯另一次罪。 One man's meat is another man's poison.
萝卜青菜，各有所爱。 We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
井干方知水珍贵 Less is more.
简单就是美　 A blessing in disguise.
因祸得福 Love me, love my dog.
爱屋及乌 Every dog has his day.
凡人皆有得意日　 Sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood.
磨刀不误砍柴功。 　 Seeing is believing.
眼见为实 Well begun is half done.
好的开端是成功的一半 Time flies never to be recalled.
光阴一去不复返　 The first step is the hardest.
万事开头难。 Who knows most says least.
懂的最多的人，说的最少。 Time and tide wait for no man.
岁月不待人。 Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
今日事今日毕。 Diligence is the mother of success.
失败是成功之母。 It's never too late to learn.
活到老，学到老。 Walls have ears.
隔墙有耳 Wash your dirty linen at home.
家丑不可外扬 Waste not, want not.
俭则不匮 Weak things united become strong.
一根筷子易折断，十根筷子硬如铁 Wealth is best known by want.
人穷方知钱可贵 We can't judge a person by what he says but by what he does.
判断一个人，不听言语看行动 We only live once, but if we work it right, once is enough.
年华没虚度，一生也足矣。 What is done by night appears by day.
若要人不知，除非已莫为 When a man is going down-hill, everyone will give him a push.
墙倒众人推 When children stand quiet, they have done some harm.
孩子不吭声，一定闯了祸 When one will not, two cannot quarrel.
一个巴掌拍不响 When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window.
贫穷进门来，爱情越窗飞 When the cat is away, the mice will play.
猫儿不在，鼠儿成精 When wine sinks, words swim.
美酒一下肚，话匣关不住 Where there's life there's hope.
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 Will is power.
意志就是力量 Wise men are silent; fools talk.
智者沉默寡言，愚者滔滔不绝 Wise men change their minds; fools never do.
智者通权达变，愚者刚愎自用 Wise men love truth, whereas fools shun it.
智者热爱真理，愚者回避真理 Words are but wind, but seeing is believing.
耳听为虚，眼见为实
He sits no sure that sits too high.
高处不胜寒。 He that respects not is not respected.
欲受人敬，要先敬人。 So said, so done.
说到做到。言出必行。 Haste makes waste.
忙乱易错。欲速则不达。 Better be envied than pitied.
宁被人妒，不受人怜。 Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home.
未雨绸缪。