1．读万卷书，行万里路。
Read ten thousand books, travel ten thousand miles.

2．开卷有益（阅读使人增长知识）。
Reading enriches the mind.

3．读书总会有所收获（开卷有益）。
Reading is always profitable.

4．远亲不如近邻。
A relative far off is less help than a neighbour close by.

5．流水不腐，户枢不蠢。
Running water is never stale and a door-hinge never gets worm-eaten

6．说是一回事，而做又是另外一回事。
Saying is one thing and doing another.

7．苦海无边，回头是岸。
The sea of bitterness has no bounds, repent and the shore is at hand.

8．沉默是金。
Silence is golden. A single spark can start a prairie fire.

9．星星之火，可以燎原。
Slight negligence may lead to great disaster.

10．千里之堤，溃于蚁穴。
A small leak will sink a great ship.

12．麻雀虽小，五脏俱全。
A sparrow may be small but it has all the vital organs.

13．天有不测风云。
A storm may arise from a clear sky.

14．打铁趁热。
Strike while the iron is hot.

15．疾风知劲草，烈火见真金。
Sturdy grass withstands high winds; true gold stands the test of fire.

16．强将手下无弱兵。
There are no poor soldiers under a good general.

17．天无绝人之路。
There is always a way out.

18．有利必有弊。
There is no fire without smoke.

19．求学无坦途。
There is no royal road to learning.