1.things unreasonable are never durable.

不合理的事不會長久。

2.too many cooks spoil the broth.

廚子成群，煮壞肉羹。

3.too much liberty spoils all.

自由過了頭，一切亂了套。

4.too much spoils, too little is nothing.

過多會壞事，過少不濟事。

5.tread on a worm and it will turn.

蚯蚓被踩也會動(指：被逼過甚，最溫順者也會反

抗)。

6.true praise roots and spreads.

贊詞真實，根深傳遠。

7.two of a trade seldom agree.

同行是冤家;同行相妒。

8.two wrongs don't make a right.

兩個錯加不出一個正確來。

9.union is strength.

聯合即是力量。

10.vain glory blossoms but never bears.

虛榮能開花，但不會結果。

11.vows made in storms are forgotten in calms.

激動時的誓約，平靜時便忘卻。

12.walls have ears.

隔墻有耳。

13.war is death's feast.

戰爭是死亡的筵席。

14.war makes thieves, and peace hangs them.

戰爭造成竊賊，和平把他們吊死。

15.water afar quencheth not fire.

遠水救不了近火。

16.weeds want no sowing.

雜草不需種。

17.we never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

井干方知水可貴。

18.what youth is used to, age remembers.

少年慣為事，老時常記起。

19.when greek meets greek, then comes the bug of war.

兩雄相爭，難解難分。

20.when the tree is fallen, every one runs to it with his axe.

大樹一倒下，人人持斧來。