He that talks much errs much.
He that speaks much is much mistaken.
盐能调百味。
Salt seasons all things.
眼见为实。
Knowing is seeing.
Seeing is believing.
What we see we believe.
眼见为实，耳听为虚。
An eye finds more truth than two ears.
It is better to trust the eye than the ear.
Men’s ears are less reliable than their eyes.
Seeing once is better than hearing twice.
Trust the ear less than the eye.
What the eye sees the heart believes.
Words are but wind.
谣言难长久。
Rumor is a lying（假的）jade（玉石）.
摇摇者易折。
A reed（芦苇）before the wind lives on, while mighty oaks do fall.
咬人的狗不吠。
Dumb dogs are dangerous.
Great barkers are no biters
要从效果看动机。动机和效果要统一。
An archer is known by his aim, not by his arrows.
一环薄弱全局坏。
The chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
一环离，全链断。
One link broken, the whole chain is broken.
一鞋难适众足。不能以一种尺度衡量一切。
One shoe will not fit all feet.
一山不容二虎。
A great man cannot brook a rival.
Birds of prey do not flock together.
If two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind.
Two sparrows on one ear of corn make an ill agreement.
Two birds of prey do not keep company with each other.
When two friends have a common purse, one sings and the other weeps.
When two ride on one horse, one must sit behind.
一心不能二用。要专心致志。
One thing at a time.
一无所有最安全。
Naught is never in danger.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
A burnt child dreads the fire.
A scalded cat dreads / fears (even )cold water.
Burnt bairns dread the fire.
He that has been bitten by a serpent（大蛇）, is afraid of a rope.
He who has once burnt his mouth always blows his soup.
Once bit / bitten, twice shy.
The burnt child fears the fire.
The dog that has been beaten with a stick is afraid of its shadow.
The scalded（烫伤的）cat / dog fears cold water.
Whom a serpent has bitten fears a lizard.
衣食足而知礼仪。吃得饱，教养好。
Well fed, well bred.
永远会有奇迹出现。
Wonders will never cease.
有富必有穷。富人是靠压榨穷人而富。有活狼就有死羊。
The life of the wolf is the death of the lamb.
有乐就有悲。
No joy without alloy.
No joy without annoy.
There is no joy without alloy.
有利必有弊，利弊相关。
Even / Every advantage has its disadvantage.
Even a hair has its shadow.
Every day hath its night, every weal its woe.
Every light has its shadow.
Every white has its black, and every sweet its sour.
Everything has two sides: the advantage and the disadvantages.
Honey is sweet, but the bee stings.
No garden without its weeds.
No sunshine but hath its shade / some shade.
No wine without lees（渣滓）.
There are lees to every wine.
Roses grow among thorns.
有规则必有例外。
Every rule has its exception.
No rule without an exception.
There is no rule without an exception.
有盛必有衰。
Every tide hath its ebb.
有失才能有得。
You can’t make omelets without breaking eggs.
Omelets are not made without breaking eggs.
有所得，必有所失。
Dry shoes won’t catch fish.
He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet.
One cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs.
有所付出才能有所得。
Have at it, and have it.
有所失，才有所得。
The hand that gives gathers.
有些错误是任何人都避免不了的。
There are faults from which none of us is / are free.
有心栽花花不开，无心插柳柳成荫。
Follow glory and it will flee, flee glory, and it will follow you.
Follow love, and it will flee, flee love, and it will follow thee.
Follow pleasure and it will flee you; flee pleasure and it will follow you.
The net of the sleeper catches fish.
有质无量是不足取的。
Quality without quantity is little thought of.
欲尽得，必尽失。
Grasp all, lose all.
欲取悦于众，将反遭众怨。
Try to please everyone and you will please no one.
欲速则不达。
A hasty man is seldom out of trouble.
A hasty man never wants woe.
A short cut is often a wrong cut.
A watched pot never boils.
A watched pot is long in boiling.
Do in haste and repent at leisure.
Fool’s haste is no speed.
Great haste makes great waste.
Haste makes waste.
He that leaves the highway to cut short, commonly goes about.
Hasten slowly.
Make haste slowly.