after dinner comes the reckoning. 要吃飯就得付帳. /要享樂(lè)就得付代價(jià).

　　a still tongue makes a wise head. 沉默者有智慧。

　　a bad padlock invites a picklock. 壞鎖招人撬。

　　a boaster and a liar are all one. 吹牛撒謊一家親。

　　a day is a miniature of eternity. 一天是永恒的縮影.

　　a good thing is soon snatched up. 好貨賣(mài)得快。

　　virtue is the only true nobility. 唯有美德是高貴的.

　　an onion will not produce a rose. 洋蔥里長(zhǎng)不出玫瑰。/ 烏鴉里飛不出金鳳凰。

　　when at rome,do as the romans do. 入鄉(xiāng)隨風(fēng)，入境隨俗。

　　the wife is the key of the house. 妻子是一家的關(guān)鍵.

　　you may delay, but time will not. 你可以耽擱,但時(shí)間不會(huì)延遲.

　　he is lifeless that is faultless. 只有死人才無(wú)錯(cuò)誤。 /人孰無(wú)過(guò)。

　　he that never climbed,never fell. 只有從不攀登的人才不會(huì)跌交.