知足常乐
Content is better than riches.

看人看年少，看天看破晓
Childhood shows the man,as morning shows the day.

和气生财
Cheek brings success.

大智若愚，大巧若拙
Cats hide their paws.

天下无不散之宴席
All good things came to an end.

英雄所见略同
Great minds think alike.

祸不单行
Misfortunes never come alone.

隔篱右眼，隔墙有耳
Hedges have eyes,walls have ears.

谋事在人，成事在天
Man proposes,god disposes.

情人眼里出西施
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

时不我待/岁月无情
Time and tide wait for no man.

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲
A young idler,an old beggar.

不要恩将仇报
A man should not bite the hand that feeds him.

家有万贯财，不如一身健
Health is better than wealth.

无官一身轻
Out of office,out of danger.

生命在于运动
Rest breeds rust.

盛名之下，其实难副
Common fame is a liar.

大事未成时，莫开庆功宴
Catch the bear before you sell his skin.

他山之石，可以攻玉
By other's faults， wise men correct their own.

塞翁失马，焉知非福
Behind bad luck comes good luck.

不劳则无获
No gains without pains. （No pains,no gains.）

机不可失，时不再来
Take time while time is,for time will be away.

欲速则不达
More haste,less speed

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

滴水穿石
Little strokes fell great oaks.

兵不厌诈
All is fair in war.

醉翁之意不在酒
Many kiss the baby for the nurse's sake.

不入虎穴，焉得虎子
Nothing venture,nothing have.

覆水难收
Things done cannot be undone.

真金不怕火炼
True blue will never stain.

为人不做亏心事，半夜不怕鬼敲门
A clear conscience is a sure card.

做贼心虚
A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart.

事与愿违
All your swans are geese.

大器晚成
Late fruit keeps well.

既来之则安之
Take things as they come.

君子之交淡若水
A hedge between keeps friendship green.

三个和尚没水吃
Everbody's business is nobody's business.

小巫见大巫
The moon is not seen when the sun shines.

因小失大
Penny wise and pound foolish.