1.i cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.朋友不能阿谀奉承。

2.if a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.上当一回头，再多就可耻。

3.if you make yourself an ass, don‘t complain if people ride you.人善被人欺，马善被人骑。

4.if you run after two hares, you will catch neither.脚踏两条船，必定落空。

5.if you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.杀鸡取卵。

6.if you venture nothing, you will have nothing.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

7.if you want knowledge, you must toil for it.要想求知，就得吃苦。

8.if your ears glow, someone is talking of you.耳朵发烧，有人念叨。

9.industry is the parent of success.勤奋是成功之母。

10.it is better to die when life is a disgrace.宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。

11.it is easier to get money than to keep it.挣钱容易攒钱难。

12.it is easy to be wise after the event.事后诸葛亮好当。

13.it is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.创业容易守业难。

14.it is hard to please all.众口难调it is never too old to learn.活到老，学到老。

15.it is no use crying over spilt milk.覆水难收。

16.it is the first step that costs troublesome.万事开头难。

17.it is the unforeseen that always happens.天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。

18.it is too late to grieve when the chance is past.坐失良机，后悔已迟。

19.it never rains but it pours.不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。

20.it takes three generations to make a gentleman.十年树木，百年树人。

21.jack of all trades and master of none.门门精通，样样稀松。

22.judge not from appearances.人不可貌相，海不可斗量。

23.justice has long arms.天网恢恢，疏而不漏。

24.keep good men company and you shall be of the number.近朱者赤近墨黑。

25.kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。

26.kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.君王发狂，百姓遭殃。