After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a while. 午飯后要坐，晚飯后要走。

A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both. 父親是財富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之。

A fault confessed is half redressed. 承認錯誤，等于改正一半。

Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended. 事情要安步就班地做，就會很快地做完。

A flow of words is no proof of wisdom. 口若懸河不能作為才智的證明。

A fool always comes short of his reckoning. 愚人常缺算計。

A fool always rushes to the fore. 傻瓜總愛強出頭。

A fool and his money are soon parted. 笨蛋難聚財。

A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity. 蠢人裝聰明，實在最可憐。

A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer. 一愚發問，七智結舌。

A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. 愚者所問，智者難答。

A fool may give a wise man counsel. 愚者千慮，必有一得。

A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out. 一愚所失，百智難回。

A fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another. 一個蠢材在他自己家里所知的事比一個聰明人在別人家里所知的事要多。

A fool''s bolt may sometimes hit the mark. 愚者千慮，必有一得。

A fool''s heart dances on his lips. 愚人心坦蕩，掛在嘴唇上。

A fox may grow grey, but never good. 狐貍會變，但本性難移。

A friend exaggerates a man''s virtue, an enemy his crimes. 朋友宣揚人的美德，敵人夸大人的罪過。

A friend in court is better than a penny in purse. 曩中有錢，不如朝中有友。

A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患難朋友才是真朋友。

A friend is a second self. 朋友是另一個我。

A friend is best found in adversity. 患難見真友。

A friend is never known till a man have need. 不到患難時，永遠不能認識真正的朋友。

A friend is not so soon gotten as lost. 交友慢，失友快。

A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody. 廣交友，無深交。

A friend without faults will never be found. 沒有缺點的朋友是永遠找不到的。

After a storm comes a calm. 否極泰來。

After black clouds, clear weather. 否極泰來。

After death, the doctor. 放馬后炮。

After dinner comes the reckoning. 吃喝玩樂，該付代價。

After dinner sit a while; after supper walk a mile. 午餐之后坐片刻，晚飯之后走一里。

After meat, mustard. 雨后送傘。

A full belly counsels well. 衣食足而后知榮辱。

A full cup must be carried steadily. 杯滿盈，須持穩。

A good anvil does not fear the hammer. 好砧不怕錘。

A good appetite is a good sauce. 饑不擇食。

A good beginning is half the battle. 首戰告捷等于一半勝利。

A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者必善其終。

A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us. 一本好書，莫逆之交。

A good book is a light to the soul. 好書一本，照亮心靈。

A good conscience is a continual feast. 白日不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。

A good conscience is a soft pillow. 白日不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。

A good dog deserves a good bone. 有勞得獎。

A good example is the best sermon. 身教勝似言教。

A good face is a letter of recommendation. 好的相貌就是一封[s:215]的介紹信。

A good face needs no paint. 美貌無需擦脂抹粉。

A good fame is better than a good face. 好的名望勝于好的相貌。

A good friend is my nearest relation. 良友如近親。

A good head and an industrious hand are worth gold in any land. 聰明腦袋勤勞手，走遍天下貴如金。

A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold. 健康的身體貴于黃金鑄成的皇冠。

A good heart cant''s lie. 有仁心者不說謊話。

A good heart conquers ill fortune. 善心克厄運。

A good horse cannot be of a bad colour. 良馬的毛色不會差。

A good horse often needs a good spur. 好馬常要好靴刺。

A good marksman may miss. 智者千慮，必有一失。

A good maxim is never out of season. 至理名言不會過時。

A good medicine tastes bitter. 良藥苦口，忠言逆耳。

A good name is better than riches. 好名譽勝過有財富。

A good name is earlier lost than won. 失去美名易，得到美名難。

A good name is sooner lost than won. 美譽難得而易失。

A good name keeps lustre in the dark. 好的名聲在黑暗中也會光芒四射。

A good neighbour is better than a bother in the next village. 遠親不如近鄰。

A good surgeon must have an eagle''s eye, a lion''s heart, and a lady''s hand. 出色的外科醫生必須心明眼亮和有一雙靈巧的手。

A good tale is none the worse for being twice told. 好故事百聽不厭。

A good tongue is a good weapon. 伶俐的口齒是一種銳利的武器。

A good wife makes a good husband. 有好妻子就有好丈夫。

A good winter brings a good summer. 瑞雪兆豐年。

A great talker is a great liar. 最會饒舌的人也是最會說謊的人。

A great ship asks deep water. 巨輪尋深水而航行。

A guilty conscience is a self-accuser. 做賊心虛，良心自誅。

A guilty conscience needs no accuser. 賊膽心虛。

A handful of common sense is worth bushel of learning. 一點小常識常勝過很多有價值的學問。

A happy heart makes a blooming visage. 心花怒放，笑逐顏開。

A hasty man is seldom out of trouble. 性急難免出岔子。

A heavy purse makes a light heart. 腰包錢財足，心境自然寬。

A heavy snow promise a good harvest. 瑞雪兆豐年。

A hero is known in the time of misfortune. 時勢造英雄。

A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings. 相馬不可憑馬的裝飾。

A house divided against itself cannot stand. 家庭內訌難維系。

A Jack of all trades and master of none. 三腳貓無所長。

A joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend. 開玩笑總不能化敵為友，反而有時會失去朋友。

A journey of a thousand miles begains with a single step. 千里之行，始于足下。

A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich. 窮人的一只羔羊比富人的一頭牛還要珍貴。

A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. 懶羊嫌毛重

A lazy youth, a lousy age. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。

Ale will make a cat speak. 酒后吐真言。

A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 騙子說真話，也沒人相信。

A liar is worse than a thief. 撒謊比偷竊更可惡。

A lie begets a lie till they come to generation. 謊言生謊言，謊言傳萬代。

A life without a friend is a life without a sun. 人生在世無朋友，猶如生活無太陽。

A life without a purpose is a ship without a rudder. 人生無目的，猶如船失去了舵。

A light purse is a heavy curse. 為人無錢處處難。

A light purse makes a heavy heart. 曩中無錢心事重。

A lion at home, a mouse abroad. 在家兇如獅，在外卻如鼠。

A little body often harbours a great soul. 莫道身軀小，偉人寓其間。

A little child is the sweetest and purest thing in the world. 幼兒是世界上最可愛和最純潔的。

A little fire is quickly trodden out. 小洞易補。

A little is better than none. 聊勝于無。

A little labour, much health. 適量勞動健身大有益。

A little leak will sink a great ship. 千丈之堤潰于蟻穴。

A little learning is a dangerous thing. 淺學誤人。

A little neglect may breed great mischief. 小不忍則亂大謀。

A little of everything, nothing at all. 每事淺嘗輒止，結果將一事無成。

A little pot is soon hot. 壺小水易熱。

A little spark kindles a great fire. 星星之火，可以燎原。

A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire. 適可而止，過猶不及。

A living dog is better than a dead lion. 一條活狗勝過一頭死獅。