Forbidden fruit is sweet.  禁果分外甜。（不让得到的东西格外有诱惑力。） 心译翻译工作室 英语翻译

道不同不相为谋。 Those who are different in political propositions do not give advice to one another. / Those who go different ways do not take one another to heart. / Those who follow a different Way cannot take counsel together. 心译翻译工作室 英语翻译

人所以立，信、知、勇也。 The things which set a man up in the world are fidelity, wisdom and bravery. 心译翻译工作室 英语翻译

无巧不成书。 No coincidences, no stories. / Without coincidences, there would be no stories. 心译翻译工作室 英语翻译

从来好事多磨。 It has ever been the case that good deeds always run into trouble. / The way to happiness is never smooth. 心译翻译工作室 英语翻译

君子之道，譬如远行，必自迩；譬如登高，必自卑。 The way of the profound person may be compared to traveling to a distant place; one must start from the nearest point. It may be compared to ascending a height: one must start from below. 心译翻译工作室 英语翻译

逆境出人才。 Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 心译翻译工作室 英语翻译

三岁看大，五岁看老。 The child is father of the man. / In a child of three or five, at one glance one can see what the adult will be.  心译翻译工作室 英语翻译

少说话，多做事。 The least said, the soonest mended. 心译翻译工作室 英语翻译

两情若是久长时，又岂在朝朝暮暮。 If love between both sides can last for aye, why need they stay together night and day. 心译翻译工作室 英语翻译