美语单元

Self-help is the best help.凡事靠自己才穩當。

The value is in the worth, not in the number.貴在質不在量。

Look before you leap.凡事三思而後行。

Change of habit cannot alter Nature.即使改變習慣,也不能改變天性。

Zeal should not outrun discretion.熱衷一件事時應該謹慎為要。

Those who suffer most cry out the least.最受苦的人，抱怨最尐。

If words suffice not, blows must follow.空言不足。

然必以攻擊作後盾。

He is wise who is warned by the misfortunes of others.前車之鑑，後車之鑑。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.患難之中見真情。

Do Not impose on others what you do not like to be imposed; do not do to be imposed; do not do to others what you do not want others to Do To you.己所不欲，勿施於人。

Harm seek, harm find.善有善報，惡有惡報。

Do not attempt too much at once.一次勿求太多No one truly forgets injuries in the presence of him who caused the injury.冤冤相報，何時能了。

Little liberties are great offences.小小的自由，是大大的冒犯。

Honesty is the best policy.誠實是最好的方法。

Do not be in a hurry to change one evil for another.即使在急難之時，也不要以暴治暴。

There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth.說謊的人，即使他在說實話的時候，也沒有人會相信他的。

Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.惡名時常被當作美譽Old friends cannot with impunity be sacrificed for new ones.老朋友不能因為有了新朋友，而無故被犧牲掉。

Those who seek to please everybody please nobody.Evil companions bring more hurt than profit.壞的朋友，害多益尐。

Whatever you do, do with all your might.無論你做什麼，都得儘力的去做。

Time and place often give the advantage to the weak over the strong.天時和地利，常常使弱者佔強者的便宜。

Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease.應該避免比疾病更差的藥方。

Equals make the best friends.同等的人才能成為好友。

Example is more powerful than precept.榜樣比教訓更有力量。

Spare the rod and spoil the child.不打不成器。

Better poverty without care, than riches with.窮而無慮，勝於富而多憂。

What·s bred in the bone will stick to the flesh.生在骨子裡的東西，也總黏在肌肉上。

Harm hatch, harm catch.肇禍得禍。

Hypocritical speeches are easily seen through.虛偽的說話，容易使人看穿。

The memory of a good deed lives.好事使人回味再三。

Benefits bestowed upon the evil-disposed, increase their means of injuring you.贈給壞人恩惠，反而徒增他們來傷害你。

Abstain and enjoy.有一定的限度，才能獲得樂趣。

Those who do not know their right place must be taught it.那些不明白自己地位適合與否的人，應該給他們一點教訓。

The least outlay is not always the greatest gain.最尐的費用，並不常得到最大的利益。

Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents.孩子們不應該因他們父母的過失而受到責罵。

Might makes right.強權造成公理。

A consciousness of misfortunes arising from a man’s own misconduct aggravates their bitterness.一個人意識到不幸的事，是來自自己的過失，則會更增加它的痛苦。

We must make friends in prosperity, if we would have their help in adversity.The more honour the more danger.榮耀愈大愈危險。

False confidence often leads into danger.錯誤的自信，會引人到危險的路途上。

To be well prepared for war is the best guarantee of peace.先備好武力，才可以去求取和平。

Evil wishes, like chickens, come home to roost.有惡念將會自食惡果。

Every man for himself.每個人都只會為自己打算。

They are not wise who take to themselves the credit due to others. 將應歸於別人的光榮當作是自己的，這是癡心妄想。

He is not to be trusted as a friend who illtreats his own family.薄待自己家人的人，是不可以做朋友的。

He who shares the danger ought to share the prize.有福同享，有難同當。

Our men anticiptions of life outrun its realities.我們對於生命的預期，總是抱太大希望了。

In quarrelling about the shadow we often lose the substance.我們在爭論影子的當兒，往往失去了原物。

Stoop to conquer.滿招損。

謙受益。

Necessity knows no law.有需要時是不顧法律的。

The grateful heart will always find opportunities to show its gratitude. 只要有感激的心，總是可以隨時報恩的。

A word in season is most precious.及時的話語，是最寶貴的。

In avoiding one evil care must be taken not to fall into another.在逃避噩運時，一定要小心，不要落進另外的一個惡運裡去。

The hero is brave in deeds as well as words.英雄－就要言行合一。

The safeguards of virtue are hateful to the evil disposed.保障道德的人，是為惡徒所痛恨的。

Do nothing without a regard to the consequences.做事情必需耂慮到後果。

Uninvited guests seldom meet a welcome.不速之客，總是不受歡迎的。

Every one is more or less master of his own fate.每個人通常都是他自己命運的主宰。

Evrey man should be content to mind his own business.所有的人都應該安分守己。

It sometimes happens that one man has all the toil, and another all the profit.採得百花成蜜汁，為誰辛苦為誰忙？Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.從遭遇不幸者學習經驗的人，才是幸福的人。

Misfortunes springing from ourselves are the hardest to bear.自取之禍是最難過的。

Fine feathers don’t make fine birds.只有美麗的羽毛，不足以成為優秀的鳥。

Men often b。

ar little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.人們遭受小小的悲苦，經常比受大大不幸還要怯懦。

Those who assume a character which does not belong to them, only make themselves ridiculous. 那些以不屬於自己的美質來冒充是自己的人，總是會貽笑大方。

A man who can strike from a distance is no pleasant neighbour.會從遠處攻擊的人，不是友善的鄰居。

Use serves to overcome dread.習慣可以克服害怕。

Contentment with our lot is an element of happiness.安分守己則常樂。

In a change of government the poor change nothing beyond the name of their master.政府雖然更換，對於平民而言，除了他們主人的名字不一樣之外，其餘的並沒有改變。