1. 凡事总有一个开头。Everything must have a beginning.

　　2. 身教胜于言教。Example is better than precept.

　　3. 经验是智慧之母。Experience is the mother of wisdom.

　　4. 经验是愚者之师。Experience is the teacher of fools.

　　5. 乐极生悲。Extreme joy begets sorrow.

　　6. 以眼还眼，以牙还牙。An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

　　7. 心有余而力不足(贪多嚼不烂)。The eye is bigger than the belly.

　　8. 吃一堑，长一智。A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.

　　9. 人怕出名猪怕壮。Fame portends trouble for men just as fattening does for pigs

　　10. 少说为佳。Few words are best.

　　第六组

　　1. 习惯成自然。Habit is second nature.

　　2. 欲速则不达(忙中有错)。Haste makes waste.

　　3. 满招损，谦受益。Haughtiness invites disaster, humility receives benefit.

　　4. 时来运转百事顺。He dances well to whom fortune pipes.

　　5. 人人都有缺点。He is lifeless that is faultless.

　　6. 近墨者黑。He that touchs pitch shall be defiled.

　　7. 人无远虑，必有近忧。He who gives no thought to difficulties in the future is sure to be beset by worries much closer at hand.

　　8. 来者不善，善者不来。He who has come is surely strong or he’d never have come along.

　　9. 与人方便，自己方便。He who helps others helps himself.

　　10. 谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好。He who laughs last laughs longest.