1.一回生，二回熟。Difficult the first time, easy the second.
2.早动手，早收获。Early sow, early mow.
3. 者千虑，必有一失。Even the wise are not free from error.
4. 吃一堑，长一智。Every failure one meets with adds to one's experience.
5. 国家兴亡，匹夫有责。Every man has a share of responsibility for the fate of his country.
6. 每一个人都有美中不足的地方。Every man has the defects of his own virtues.
7. 人各有所好。Every man to his taste.
8. 行行出状元。Every profession produces its own leading authority.
9. 仁者见仁，智者见智。Everyone thinks in his way.
10. 切莫错过良机。Everything has its time and that time must be watched.

11. 凡事总有一个开头。Everything must have a beginning.
12. 身教胜于言教。Example is better than precept.
13. 经验是智慧之母。Experience is the mother of wisdom.
14. 经验是愚者之师。Experience is the teacher of fools.
15. 乐极生悲。Extreme joy begets sorrow.
16. 以眼还眼，以牙还牙。An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
17. 心有余而力不足(贪多嚼不烂)。The eye is bigger than the belly.
18. 吃一堑，长一智。A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
19. 人怕出名猪怕壮。Fame portends trouble for men just as fattening does for pigs
20. 少说为佳。Few words are best.