Drunken days have all their tomorrows.
Grief often treads upon the heels of pleasure.
Joy and sorrow are next-door neighbors.
Joy and sorrow are today and tomorrow.
Laugh before breakfast and you’ll cry before supper.
乐中必有苦。
Every pleasure has a pain.
No pleasure without pain.
Pleasure has a sting in its tail.
立业往往在青年。
Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
烈火试真金，逆境炼勇士。
The fire is the test of gold: adversity of strong man.
落叶归根。
A tree may grow very high, but its leaves fall back roots.
马有失蹄，人有失足。
A horse may stumble on four feet.
满足现状是进取的敌人。
The good is the enemy of the best.
没有受过伤的人会嘲笑别人的伤疤。
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
每个人的命运中都有坎坷。
There is a crook（弯儿）in the lot（命运）of every one.
每一份欢乐都有更多的苦恼相伴。
Every inch of joy has an ell of annoy.
梦想常与现实相反。
Dreams go by contraries.
迷途知返。
Better go back than go wrong.
默默无闻并非无所作为。
It is not every flower that smells sweet.
谋生的手段只有三个：劳动、偷盗或乞讨。
There are but three ways of living: by working, by stealing, or by begging.
目标高才会有所作为。
He will shoot higher who shoots at the moon / sun than he who aims at a tree.
暮去自会朝来，苦尽常会甜来。
Joy often comes after sorrow, like morning after night.
你走你的阳关道，我过我的独木桥。各走各的路，互不相干。
You go your way, I’ll go mine.
逆境造人。
Some of our best growth comes from tough episodes of the time.
The tree roots more fast which has stood a rough blast.
年轻人能看到希望，老年人只能梦想。
Young men see vision, old me dream dreams.（柏拉图）
年轻人要敢拼敢闯。
Youth must have its fling.
年轻时胡闹，老来时懊恼。
The follies of youth are food for the repentance in old age.
年轻时鲁莽，老来时悲伤。
Reckless youth makes rueful age.
年轻意味着无限希望。
Youth means limitless possibilities.
宁可昙花一现，也不默默无闻。
It is better to be has been than a never-been.
宁可委曲求全，不可争强好胜。
Better a lean peace than a fat victory.
宁可问路两次，不可迷路一次。
Better ask twice than loss your way once.
宁作鸡头，不作凤尾。
Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse.
Better be the head of the yeomanry（自由民）than the tail of the gentry（绅士）.
Better to reign（统治）in hell than serve in heaven.
It is better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
怕死比死更糟糕。
The fear of death is worse than death.
切勿自视大材小用。
Never think yourself above your business.
千金难赎一个失去的机会。
All the treasures of the earth would not bring back one lost moment.
青春要好好度过。
Youth will be served.
青年时代是人生的播种期。
Youth is life’s seed-time.
青年占据了人生战场的一半。
Youth is half the battle.
青山处处埋忠骨。
Death meets us everywhere.
青史留名不是坐等来的。
Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.
热极生风，穷则思变。
Extreme heat gives rise to wind; poverty gives rise to a desire for change.
人比人，气死人。
Comparisons are odious（可气的）.
人比人，气死人。比较使人欢乐，也使人伤心。
It is comparison that makes men happy or miserable.
人必须忍辱负重，接受现实。
The goat must browse（吃草）where she is tied.
人不是为自己而降生的。
We are not born for ourselves.
人的历史都是自己一天一天写出来的。
Every day of your life is a leaf in your history.
人或物都要有自己合适的位置。
Water finds its own level.
人皆有一死。
Death is common / sure to all.
Men are mortal.
Nothing so certain / sure as death.
人们哭着降临到人世，又哭着离开人世。
We weeping come into the world and weeping hence we go.
人能等穿的，不能等吃的。
Back may trust but belly won’t.
人能知其出生地，不能知其身亡处。
Men know where they were born, not where they shall die.
人人都不知足。
Everyone is dissatisfied with his own fortune.
No man is content.
人人都是自己灵魂的主宰。
I am the captain of my soul.
人人都是自己命运的设计师。
Each man is the architect of his own fate.
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
人人都是自己命运的主宰。
Every man is the master of his own fortune.
Every man’s destiny is in his own hands.
人人都有走运的一天。上帝是公平的。
Fortune knocks once at least at every man’s gate / door.
人人都珍惜生命，但勇士把荣誉看得比生命更珍贵。
Life every man holds dear; but the brave man holds honor far more precious than life.
人人平等。
All men are created equal.
There’s no difference of bloods in a basin.
人人为我，我为人人。
All came from and will go to others.
Let no man seek his own, bit every man another’s wealth .
人若无希望，心碎肝肠断。
If it were not for hope, the heart would break.
If hop were not, heart would break.
Without hope, the heart would break.
人生必须总是前进，才不愧为有理性的人。
Life, to be worthy of a rational being, must be always in progression.
人生不容蹉跎岁月。
Life admits not of delays.
人生充满了机遇。
Life is not 99% chance. It is 100%.
人生的金科玉律就是“开始”。
The golden rule in life is “making a beginning.”
人生的目的就是工作，否则就没有目的。
The aim of life is work, or there is no aim at all.
人生的主要目的并不是挣钱。
The chief aim of man is not to get money.
人生都有机运。
There is a tide in the affairs of men.
人生短暂，光阴转瞬即逝。
Life is short and time is fleeting.
人生短暂，声誉永存。
Short is my date, but deathless my renown（声誉）.
人生好比漫长的负重旅行。
The life of man is like a long journey with a heavy load on the back.
人生好比在大海上航行。
Life is compared to voyage.
人生开始于四十。
Life begins at forty.
人生难得一世称雄，但可一生为人。
One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a man.
人生如穿梭。
Life is a shuttle.
人生如下棋，深谋远虑者得胜。
In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
人生如朝露。
Man’s life vanishes like dew.
人生稍纵即逝。人生须臾。
Life is but a span.
Our life is but a span.
人生是一场从摇篮到坟墓的战场。
Life is a battle from cradle to grave.
人生是在生活中学习，而不是在学校里学习。
We learn not at school, but in life.
人生虽短，但是表示礼貌的时间还是足够的。
Life is not so short but there is time enough for courtesy.
人生无目标，生活就会变得枯燥无味。
What akes life dreary is the want of motive.
人生无坦途。
Every path has a puddle.
人生五十而无功于社会应该感到羞耻。
It is a shame for a man to be fifty to have rewarded o service to society.
人生下时啼哭，在世时抱怨，去世时失望。
Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.
人生要一步一个脚印。
Every step of life shows how much caution is required.
人生一世，草木一秋。
All flesh is grass.
人生有苦也有甜。
Sweet meat will have sour sauce.
人生在世，唯死难逃。
Every door may be shut but death’s door.
人生在追求中生存，满足就等于死亡。
Life consists in wanting something. When a man is satisfied he is as good as dead.
人生只有一回死。
A man can die but once.
We die but once.
人生自古谁无死。
All men are mortal.
Man is mortal.
All men must die.
All that lives must die.
As a man lives, so shall he die.
人生最重要的是要有伟大的目标，和为这个目标而奋斗的决心。
The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.
人死贪心就满足。
He will have enough one day when his mouth is full of mould.
人往高处走，水往低处流。
Every little fish expects to become a whale.
人为生而食。并非为食而生。
One should eat to live, not live to eat.
Other men live to eat, while I eat to live.
人无远虑，必有近忧。
He lives unsafely that looks too near on things.
If men will have no care for the future, they will soon have sorrow for the present.
人一入棺全摆平。
Six feet of earth makes all men equal.
人有时可以主宰自己的命运。