· All is not gain that is put in the purse.放入錢包的錢財，並非都是應得的。
· All is not at hand that helps.有用的東西並不都是垂手可得的。
· All is flour that comes to his mill.到他的磨裏都能碾成粉。
· All is fish that comes to one?s net.捉到網裏都是魚。
· All is fair in war.兵不厭詐。
· Bare words, no bargain.空言不能成交易。
· Bad workmen often blame their tools.拙匠常怪工具差。
· Bad news has wings.壞事傳千裏。
· Bacchus has drowned more men than Nepture.酒神淹死的人比海神多。
· A wise man thinks all that he says, a fool says all that he thinks.智者思其所言，愚者言其所思。
· A wise man will make tools of what comes to hand.聰明的人能隨機應變。
· A woman?s work is never at an end.婦女的活計做不完。
· A word is enough to the wise.對明智者壹言已足。
A word spoken is past recalling.壹言既出，駟馬難追。
· A work ill done must be twice done.未做好的活，需要重新做。
· A man may smile and smile and be villain.笑裏藏奸。
· A man may love his house well without riding on the ridge.有寶何必人前誇。
· A man may dig his grave with his teeth.禍從口出。
· A man is not good or bad for one action.判斷人的好壞不能憑壹次行為。
· A man is not a horse because he was born in a stable.人並不因為生在馬廄裏就成了馬。