The truest politeness comes from sincerity.
真正的赞扬，扎根深，传得远。
True praise roots and spreads.
真正伟大的人的第一个标志就是谦逊。
I believe the first test of truly great man is his humility.
正直的路就像黎明的曙光，把美好的天空越照越明。
Path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect sky.
知恩图报几乎人人都能做到，以德报怨只有高尚者才能做到。
Good for good every man can do, good for bad only a noble man can do.
知恩图报是常理，以德报怨大丈夫。
Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.
知耻乃美德。
Blushing is virtue’s color.
知识渊博的人最谦虚。果实累累的树枝垂的最低。
The boughs that bear most hang lowest.
直言不讳。
Call a spade a spade.
直言无害，美言无益。
Hard words break no bones, fine words butter no parsnips.
直言者不害人。
Barking dogs do not / seldom bite.
Great barkers are no biters.
只要冬青树是绿的，就绝不要撒谎。
He never lies when the holly is green.
只要言行一致，必将享有盛誉。
Do what you say, and you’ll enjoy high prestige（威望）.
只有信任你自己，别人才不会背叛你。
Trust yourself only, and another shall not betray you.
只有在日常事务上尽责的人，才能在重大事情上履行义务。
Only they who fulfill their duty in everyday matters will fulfill them on great occasions.
忠和诚是至宝。
Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest gems / things.
主人不在方知仆人的为人。
A servant is known by his master’s absence.
助人为乐。美德本身就是对美德最好的报偿。
Virtue is her own reward; there’s a pleasure in doing good.
注意好品行，自有美名声。
If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself.
仔细观察，即使天使也有缺点。
You can find faults in an angel if you look hard enough.
自爱者，人爱之。
Be a friend to thyself, and others will befriend thee（你）.
自嘲者，人不嘲。
He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.
自吹自擂。喇叭手死了就得自己吹。
Your trumpeter is dead.
自吹自擂不是自我推荐。
Self-praise is no recommendation.
自满招灾，谦虚受益。
Haughtiness invites disaster, humility receives benefit.
自满者必败，自矜者无知。
A conceited man will fall; an arrogant man is ignorant.
自满者最空虚。
He that is full of himself is very empty.
He is so full of himself that he is quite empty.
自鸣得意者，无以为邻。
He dwells far from neighbors, who is fain to praise himself.
自命大材小用，往往眼高手低。
He that thinks his business below him will always be above his business.
自命满腹经纶者，实际空腹不存。
He who imagines that he has knowledge enough has none.
自私的人吃独食。
While the dog gnaws bone, companions would be none.
自私在每个人眼中都是缺点。
Self-love is a mote（尘埃）in every man’s eye.
自我为中心。你的是我的，我的还是我的。
What’s yours is mine, and what’s mine is my own.
自信是人类伟大的首要条件。
Self-confidence is the first requisite to human greatness.
自重、自知和自控，人生仅靠这三宝，就可以到达最高的境界。
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, these three alone lead life to sovereign power.
最纯的金子最有韧劲儿。
The purest gold is the most ductile（有韧性的）.
最大的说谎者最爱自我吹嘘。
The greatest liars talk most of themselves.
最好的东西腐化了，也就变成最坏的了。
Corruption of the best becomes the worst.
最好的“性能”是“可靠性”。
The best ability is dependability.
最会吹牛的人做得最少。
They can do least who boast loudest.
最能吹牛的人能做事最少。
They brag most that can do least.
最善良的人总是最勇敢的。
The best hearts are always the bravest.
最无知者最装腔作势。
They assume most who know the least.
作恶一次就会有第二次。
He that has done ill once, will do it again.
作恶的代价十倍于行善。
The maintaining of one vice costs more than ten virtues.
作恶者必有报应。
They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind（旋风）.
作恶者不会没有借口。
The wrong-doer ever lacks a pretext.
作恶者憎恨光明。
He that does ill / evil hates the light.
做善事要坚持不懈。
Patient continuance in well doing.
做事有正道，也有邪道。
There is a right and wrong way to do a thing.
做贼心虚。
The thief is frightened even by a mouse.
Who is in fault suspects everybody.
