1． Act according to circumstances.
2． All is fair in war.
3． As long as the green hills last, there'll always be wood to burn.
4． As you sow, so shall you reap.
5． Ask no questions and be told no lies.
6． Beauty lies in lover's eye.
7． Blood is thicker than water.
8． A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.
9． Brevity is the soul of wit.
10．Business is business.
11．The cart will find its way round the hill when it gets there.
12． he cleverest housewife cannot cook a meal without rice.
13． Clumsy birds have to start flying early.
14． Complete sincerity can affect even metal and stone.
15． Confront a person with the danger of death and he will fight to live.
16． Constant dripping wears away the stone.
17． Custom is a second nature.
18． Deal with a man as he deals with you.
19． Debts of blood must be paid in blood.
20． Different trades are separated as by mountains.
21． Different the first time, easy the second.
22． Early sow, early mow.
23． Even the wise are not free from error.
24． Every failure one meets with adds to one's experience.
25． Every man has a share of responsibility for the fate of his country.
26． Every man has the defects of his own virtues.
27． Every man to his taste.
28． Every profession produces its own leading authority.
29． Everyone thinks in his way.
30． Everything has its time and that time must be watched.
31． Everything must have a beginning.
32． Example is better than precept.
33． Experience is the mother of wisdom.
34． Experience is the teacher of fools.
35． Extreme joy begets sorrow.
36． An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
37． The eye is bigger than the belly.
38． A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
39． Fame portends trouble for men just as fattening does for pigs.
40． Few words are best.
41． A few are no match for the many.
42． Fire and water have no mercy.
43． Fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure.
44． A friend in need is a friend indeed.
45． The friendship of a gentleman is insipid as water.
46． Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
47． The gift is trifling but the feeling is profound.
48． A good tale is not the worse for being told twice.
49． Good will be rewarded with good, and evil with evil.
50． A great teacher produces a brilliant student.
51． Habit is second nature.
52． Haste makes waste.
53． Haughtiness invites disaster, humility receives benefit.
54． He dances well to whom fortune pipes.
55． He is lifeless that is faultless.
56． He that touchs pitch shall be defiled.
57． He who gives no thought to difficulties in the future is sure to be beset by
worries much closer at hand.
58． He who has come is surely strong or he'd never have come along.
59． He who helps others helps himself.
60． He who laughs last laughs longest.
61． Health is better than wealth.
62． Hearts which beat in unison are linked.
63． History repeats itself.
64． An honest man does nothing underhand.
65． Honesty is the best policy. 66． Honours change manners.
67． If the upper beam is not straight, the lower ones will go aslant.
68． If you do not wish anyone to know what you have done, it is better not to have 
done it in the first place.
69． If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron rod into a needle.
70． Illness comes from food and trouble from speech.
71． Important people have short memories.
72． In for a penny, in for a pound.
73． In wine there is truth.
74． It is easy to be wise after the event.
75． A just cause enjoys abundant support while an unjust cause finds little.
76． Justice has long arms.
77． Keep on learning as long as you live.
78． Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles without defeat.
79． Lessons learned from the past can guide one in the future.
80． Like attracts like.
81． Like teacher, like pupil.
82． Live and learn.
83． The longest way round is the nearest way home.
84． Maintain an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour.
85． A man among men is he who knows when to eat humble pie and when to hold his head
 high.
86． Man has but one life, grass sees but one spring.
87． A man of great wisdom often seems slowwitted.
88． Misfortunes never come singly.
89． A moment's error can bring a lifelong regret.
90． Money is the root of all evil.
91． The monk may run away, but the temple can't run with him.
92． The more illumination, the more temptation.
93． More pay for more work.
94． Necessity is the mother of invention.
95． No discord, no concord.
96． Nothing is so certain as the unexpected.
97． Nothing venture, nothing have.
98． One false step brings everlasting grief.
99． One never goes to the temple for no reason.
100．Open different locks with different keys.
101．Opportunity brings success.
102．Opportunity knocks but once.
103．Other times, other manners.
104．Plant melons and you get melons, sow
beans and you get beans.
105．Practice makes perfect.
106．Practise what you preach.
107．Providence does not let down a man who does his best.
108． ublic opinion is the best judge.
109． Quickly come, quickly go.
110． A rabbit doesn't eat the grass near its own hole.
111． Read ten thousand books, travel ten thousand miles.
112． Reading enriches the mind.
113． Reading is always profitable.
114． A relative far off is less help than a neighbour close by.
115． Running water is never stale and a door-hinge never gets worm-eaten.
116． Saying is one thing and doing another.
117． The sea of bitterness has no bounds, repent and the shore is athand.
118． Silence is golden.
119． A single spark can start a prairie fire.
120． Slight negligence may lead to great disaster.
121． A small leak will sink a great ship.
122． A sparrow may be small but it has all the vital organs.
123． A storm may arise from a clear sky.
124． Strike while the iron is hot.
125． Sturdy grass withstands high winds; true gold stands the test of fire.
126． There are no poor soldiers under a good general.
127． There is always a way out.
128． There is no fire without smoke.
129． There is no royal road to learning