1. Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
2. Advice when most needed is least heeded. 忠言逆耳。
3. Ask no questions and be told no lies. * 不问问题就不会受骗。
4. Avoid a questioner, for he is also a tattler. 好问是非者，恰是是非之人。
5. Barking dogs seldom bite. 色厉内荏。
6. Better the foot slip than the tongue trip. 宁肯失足，不要失言。
7. The bird is known by his note, the man by his words. 闻音知鸟，闻言知人。
8. Cast not the first stone. * 切莫首先指责别人。
9. Children should be seen and not heard. 童者应视其行，而勿信其言。
10. Curses, like chickens, come home to roost. 害人反害已。
11. Dead men tell no tales. 死无对证。
12. Deeds, not words. 莫坐而论道，应身体力行。
13. Do as I say, not as I do. 依其言而行事，勿观其行而仿之。
14. Do as you would be done by. 已所不欲者勿施于人。
15. Don't cry before you are hurt. 不要危险未来先喊娘。
16. Don't cry stinking fish. 不要妄自菲薄。
17. Don't make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you. 不要自贬身价，以免被人看轻。
18. Don't speak to the man at the wheel. 不要打扰负责你自己安全的人。
19. Don't take your harp to the party. 勿反复罗嗦。
20. Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 莫班门弄斧。
21.Don't tell tales out of school. 不要背后论人是非长短。
22.Drumming is not the way to catch a hare. 空话连篇于事无补。
23.Easier said than done. 知易行难。
24. Empty vessels make the most sound. 无知的人叫得最欢。
25.Every cock crows on his own dunghill. 每个处于安逸环境中的人，都可以自夸其勇。
26.Example is better no precept. 身教重于言教。
27.Fair words butter no parsnips. 空言于事无补。
28.Fair words fill not the belly. 漂亮话填不饱肚子。
29.First think, and then speak. 三思而后言。
30.Fling dirt enough and some will stick. 污物摔多必沾身。
31.Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down. 千秋功业非坐而可得。
32.From words to deeds is a great space. 说来容易做到难。
33.A good name is sooner lost than won. 好名声得之难，失之易。
34.A good tale is none the worse for being told twice. 好故事百听不厌。
35.The greatest talkers are the least doers. 夸夸其谈者干得最少。/理论的巨人，行动的矮子。*
36.Harp not for ever on the same string. 勿老调重谈。
37.Hear much ,speak little. 多听少说。
38.He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue. 越是不会讲话的人，越是口若悬河。
39.He that promises too much,means nothing. 轻诺必寡信。
40.He who denies all confesses all. 欲盖弥彰。