1. Better late than never. 迟做总比不做好。
2. Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. 凡是值得做的事，就值得做好。
3. The shortest answer is doing the thing. 最简短的回答就是一个“干”字。
4. Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. 行动是知识之佳果。
5. It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil. 没有土壤，播种也是徒劳。
6. It is right to put everything in its proper use.凡事都应用得其所。
7. Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended. 按部就班，事情很快就做完。
8. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作，不玩耍，聪明小孩也变傻。
9. Work bears witness who does well. 工作能证明谁做的好。
10. It is not work that kills,but worry. 工作不会伤身，伤身乃是忧虑。
11、Speech is the image of actions. 语言是行动的反映。
12、A day is a miniature of eternity. ( Emerson ) 一天是永恒的缩影。(爱默生)
13、You cannot step twice into the same river. 你不能两次踏入同一条河流。
14、Anger begins with folly, and ends in repentance. 愤怒以愚蠢开始，以后悔告终。
15、Talents come from diligence, and knowledge is gained by accumulation. 天才在于勤奋，知识在于积累。
16、The greater the man, the more restrained his anger.人越伟大，越能克制怒火。
17、If there were less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world. ( O. Wilde ) 如果世界上少一些同情，世界上也就会少一些麻烦。(王尔德)
18、All lay load on the willing horse.人善被人欺，马善被人骑。
19、Strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。
20、When shepherds quarrel, the wolf has a winning game.鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。
21. Idleness is the root of all evil.懒惰乃万恶之源。
22. Care and diligence bring luck.谨慎和勤奋带来好运。
23. Diligence is the mother of good fortune.勤勉是好运之母。
24. Industry is fortune’s right hand,and frugality her left. 勤勉是幸运的右手，世俭是幸运的左手。
25. Idleness is the key of beggary.懒惰出乞丐。
26. No root,no fruit. 无根就无果。
27. Idle people (folks) have the most labour (take the most pains). 懒人做工作，越懒越费力。
28. Sloth is the key of poverty. 惰能致贫。
29. Sloth turneth the edge of wit. 懒散能磨去才智的锋芒。
30. An idle brain is the devil’s workshop. 懒汉的头脑是魔鬼的工厂。
