1、a bold attempt is half success.（勇敢的尝试是成功的一半。）

2、Books and friends should be few but good.读书如交友，应求少而精。

3、lifeless, faultless.（只有死人才不犯错误。）

4、god helps those who help themselves.（天助自助者。）

5、knowing something of everything and everything of something.（通百艺而专一长。）

6、misfortunes never come alone/single.（祸不单行。）

7、it’s never too late to mend.（过而能改，善莫大焉；亡羊补牢，犹未晚也。）

8、Learn and live.活着，为了学习。

9、nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.（无热情成就不了伟业。）

10、good company on the road is the shortest cut.（行路有良伴就是捷径。）

11、Knowledge is power.识就是力量。

12、east or west, home is best.（东好西好，还是家里最好。）

13、A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。

14、actions speak louder than words.（行动比语言更响亮。）

15、nothing is impossible for a willing heart.（心之所愿，无所不成。）坚持一个简单的信念就一定会成功。

16、misfortunes tell us what fortune is.（不经灾祸不知福。）

17、Complacency is the enemy of study.学习的敌人是自己的满足。

18、Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。

19、A bad workman always blames his tools.不会撑船怪河弯。

20、four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the cro from small beginning come great things.（伟大始于渺小。）

21、great hopes make great man. （伟大的理想造就伟大的人。）

22、A young idler, an old beggar.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

23、By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。

24、if a thing is worth doing it is worth d in doing we learn.（实践长才干。）

25、A man becomes learned by asking questions.不耻下问才能有学问。

26、Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。