Opportunities do not wait. 机不可失,时不再来. Other times,other manners. 隔代不同礼。
Love laughs at locksmiths. 爱情嘲笑锁匠. /爱情能克服困难. Let the sleeping dogs lie. 莫惹是非。
Every medal has two sides. 每个勋章都有两面。/ 每个问题都有正反两面。 Every bean hath its black. 每粒蚕豆都长黑嘴。 / 人都有缺点。 Even Homer sometimes nods. 即使荷马也会打盹. /智者千虑,必有一失. Facts are stubborn things. 事实都是顽强的. /事实是掩盖不住的. Every why has a wherefore. 凡事必有因. Fortune favours the brave. 天佑勇士。
Art is long,life is short. 人生短暂，艺术长存。 Bad times make a good man. 艰难困苦出能人. Better be sure than sorry. 稳当总比后悔好。 Good counsel does no harm. 忠言有利无害。 Anything for a quiet life. 悠然自在最难求. Appearances are deceptive. 外表是靠不住的。
Who knows most says least. 知道得最多的人说得最少。 A good deed is never lost. 好心一定有好报。 A lazy youth, a lousy age. 少时懒惰老来苦. A watched pot never boils. 心急锅不开. Take time by the forelock. 要把握时机. Nothing seek,nothing find. 无所求则无所获. Never do things by halves. 做事不可半途而废. The wages of sin is death. 为恶者应灭亡。
Sow nothing, reap nothing. 春不播,秋不收. /无功不能受禄. True love never grows old. 真正的爱永不衰老. Sharp tools make good work. 工欲善其事,必先利其器. Sweep before your own door. 正人先正己。
Time is wealth for workers. 对工人来说,时间就是财富. Time is grain for peasants. 对农民来说,时间就是粮食. Today is Yesterday's pupil. 今天是昨天的学生. After a storm comes a calm. 雨过天晴,苦尽甘来.
A man's home is his castle. 一个人的家就是他的城堡. A bully is always a coward. 恃强欺弱者均是懦夫。 A creaking door hangs long. 旧门久用，病夫命长。 A bow long bent grows weak. 常拉满弓无力。 An artist lives everywhere. Youth will have its course. There are spots in the sun. Beggars cannot be choosers. Be still,and have the will. Art lies in concealing art. Freedom lies in being bold. Give losers leave to speak. First thrive and then wive. East or West, home is best. Every oak must be an acorn. Every man is his own enemy. 一技在身，走遍天下。
人生谁无少年时,甜苦酸辛各自知. 太阳也有黑点。 乞丐不能挑肥拣瘦. 不动声色,事方有成. 艺术在于使人看不见艺术。 自由在于勇敢. 要允许失败者讲话。 先立业,后成家.
无论在何处,家园最美好. 每棵橡树都曾是一粒橡子.
人都有与自己为敌的时候. /败事全由已.
Labour created man himself. 劳动创造人.
Leave off with an appetite. 吃得七分饱，就该离餐桌。 Love is the mother of love. 情生情,爱生爱. Love is the reward of love. 爱是对爱的报答. Man proposes, God disposes. 谋事在人，戒事在天。
Man is not made for defeat. 创造人不是为了让他遭受失败. /人不是为失败而生的.
Life is too short to waste. 生命短促,不容浪费. Honesty is the best policy. 诚实为上策.
Honour lies in honest toil. 光荣在于诚恳地劳动.
Hitch your wagon to a star. 把你的马车拴到星星上. /要胸怀大志. Hold fast when you have it. 在手之物应紧握.
Many hands make light work. 众擎易举. /人多好办事./ 众人拾柴火焰高. Marriage is a covered dish. 婚姻是一道盖着的菜. Brevity is the soul of wit. 言以简为贵. Bread is the staff of life. 民以食为天。
Blushing is virtue's color. 脸红是美德的颜色。 Do as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿施于人。 Drawn wells are seldom dry. 水井常用不枯竭.
Drift is as bad as unthrift. 花钱凭冲动,等于无底洞. Don't meet trouble half-way. Diligence redeems stupidity. Blood is thicker than water. Counsel breaks not the head. Clothes do not make the man. Idleness makes the wit rust. Love is stronger than death. Love me little,love me long. One's sin will find one out. One love drives out another. Prettiness makes no pottage. Pen and ink is wit's plough. 不要自寻烦恼。 勤能补拙. 血比水浓. 忠告不会打破头. 人不在衣装. 懒惰使脑筋生锈.
爱的力量大于死亡./ 爱情能战胜死神. 爱情应细水长流. 坏事终归要败露。 新的爱情来,旧的爱情去. 漂亮不能当饭吃. 笔墨是才智之犁.
高中英语写作素材：经典英语格言
