A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both.

父亲是财富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之。

A fault confessed is half redressed.

承认错误，等于改正一半。

Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.

事情要按部就班地做，就会很快地做完。

A flow of words is no proof of wisdom.

口若悬河不能作为才智的证明。

A fool always comes short of his reckoning.

愚人常缺算计。

A fool always rushes to the fore.

傻瓜总爱强出头。

A fool and his money are soon parted.

笨蛋难聚财。

A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity.

蠢人装聪明，实在最可怜。

A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer.

一愚发问，七智结舌。

A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.

愚者所问，智者难答。

A fool may give a wise man counsel.

愚者千虑，必有一得。

A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out.

一愚所失，百智难回。

A fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another.

一个蠢材在他自己家里所知的事比一个聪明人在别人家里所知的事要多。

A fool’s bolt may sometimes hit the mark.

愚者千虑，必有一得。

A fool’s heart dances on his lips.

愚人心坦荡，挂在嘴唇上。

A fox may grow grey, but never good.

狐狸会变，但本性难移。

A friend exaggerates a man’s virtue, an enemy his crimes.

朋友宣扬人的美德，敌人夸大人的罪过。

A friend in court is better than a penny in purse.

囊中有钱，不如朝中有友。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难朋友才是真朋友。

A friend is a second self.

朋友是另一个我。

A friend is best found in adversity.

患难见真友。

A friend is never known till a man have need.

不到患难时，永远不能认识真正的朋友。

A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.

交友慢，失友快。

A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.

广交友，无深交。

A friend without faults will never be found.

没有缺点的朋友是永远找不到的。

After a storm comes a calm.

否极泰来。

After black clouds, clear weather.

否极泰来。

After death, the doctor.

马后炮。

Like tree, like fruit.

有其因必有其果。

Little boats must keep the shores.

小船不能航行远。

Little bodies may have great souls.

小小的躯体会有伟大的心灵。

Little chips light great fires.

星星之火，可以燎原。

Little pigeons can carry great messages.

少年也可以成大事。

Little pitchers have great (or large) ears.

小孩子耳朵长。

Little strokes fell great oaks.

水滴石穿。

Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.

窃钩者诛，窃国者侯。

Little things amuse little minds.

小人志卑。

Little wealth, little care.

财少寡忧。

Live and learn.

活到老，学到老。

Live and let live.

自己生活，也要让他人生活。

Live to learn and learn to live.

生而学之，学而生之。

Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.

生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。

Lock the stable door before the steed is stolen.

马未偷走前，厩门先锁上。

Loftiest trees most dread the thunder.

树大招风(人怕出名猪怕壮)

Long absent, soon forgotten.

长久不在的人，很快被忘怀。

Long tarrying takes all the thanks away.

事情耽搁太久就没有人会感谢了。

Look at the world through rose-colored glasses.

对万事要乐观。

Look before you leap；see before you go.

三思而行。

Lookers-on see more than players.

旁观者清。