1. Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
生活是绘画，不是做算术。
2. The wealth of the mind is the only wealth.
3. Life is a horse, and either you ride it or it rides you.
4. Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.
5. Life is like music. It must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule.
人生如一首乐曲，要用乐感，感情和直觉去谱写，不能只按乐律行事。
6. Life is fine and enjoyable, yet you must learn to enjoy your fine life.
7. Life is but a hard and tortuous journey.
8. You can't judge a tree by its bark.
人不可貌相。
9. Sharp tools make good work.
工欲善其事，必先利其器。
10. Wasting time is robbing oneself.
11. Nurture passes nature.
教养胜过天性。
12. There is no garden without its weeds.
没有不长杂草的花园。
13. A man is only as good as what he loves.
14. Wealth is the test of a man's character.
15. The best hearts are always the bravest.
16. One never lose anything by politeness.
讲礼貌不吃亏。
17. There's only one corner of the universe you can be sure of improving, and that's your own self.
18. The world is like a mirror: Frown at itand it frowns at you; smile, and it smiles too.
世界犹如一面镜子：朝它皱眉它就朝你皱眉，朝它微笑它也吵你微笑。
19. To be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.
既当演说家，又做实干家。
20. Variety is the spice of life.
变化是生活的调味品。
21. Bad times make a good man.
22. There is no royal road to learning.
求知无坦途。
23. The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
24. A man's best friends are his ten fingers.
25. Only they who fulfill their duties in everyday matters will fulfill them on great occasions.
26. The shortest way to do many things is to only one thing at a time.
27. Sow nothing, reap nothing.
春不播，秋不收。
28. Life is real, life is earnest.
29. Life would be too smooth if it had no rubs in it.
30. Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions form insufficient premises.