· A good name is sooner lost than won.美誉难得而易失。
· A good name is earlier lost than won.失去美名易，得到美名难。
· A good name is better than riches.好名誉胜过有财富。
· A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口，忠言逆耳。
· A good maxim¹ is never out of season.至理名言不会过时。
· A good marksman may miss.智者千虑，必有一失。
· A good horse often needs a good spur.好马常要好靴刺。
· A good horse cannot be of a bad colour.良马的毛色不会差。
· A good heart conquers ill fortune.善心克厄运。
· A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold.健康的身体贵於黄金铸成的皇冠。
· A good head and an industrious² hand are worth gold in any land.聪明脑袋勤劳手，走遍天下贵如金。
· A good friend is my nearest relation.良友如近亲。
· A good fame is better than a good face.好的名望胜於好的相貌。
· A good face is a letter of recommendation.好的相貌就是一封推荐的介绍信。
· A good dog deserves a good bone.有劳得奖。
· A good example is the best sermon.身教胜似言教。
· A good conscience is a continual feast.白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。
· A good book is a light to the soul.好书一本，照亮心灵。
· A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us.一本好书，莫逆之交。
· A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者必善其终。
· A good beginning is half the battle.首战告捷等於一半胜利。
· A good appetite is a good sauce.饥不择食。
· A good anvil³ does not fear the hammer.好砧不怕锤。
· A full cup must be carried steadily⁴.杯满盈，须持稳。
· A full belly⁵ counsels well.衣食足而後知荣辱。
· After meat, mustard.雨後送伞。
· After dinner sit a while; after supper walk a mile.午餐之後坐片刻，晚饭之後走一里。
· After dinner comes the reckoning.吃喝玩乐，该付代价。
· After death, the doctor.放马后炮。
· After black clouds, clear weather.否极泰来。
· After a storm comes a calm.否极泰来。
· A friend without faults will never be found.没有缺点的朋友是永远找不到的。
· A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.广交友，无深交。
· A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.交友慢，失友快。
· A friend is never known till a man have need.不到患难时，永远不能认识真正的朋友。
· A friend is best found in adversity.患难见真友。
· A friend is a second self.朋友是另一个我。
· A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难朋友才是真朋友。
· A friend in court is better than a penny in purse.曩中有钱，不如朝中有友。
· A friend exaggerates a man′s virtue⁶, an enemy his crimes.朋友宣扬人的美德，敌人夸大人的罪过。
· A fox may grow grey, but never good.狐狸会变，但本性难移。
· A fool′s heart dances on his lips.愚人心坦荡，挂在嘴唇上。
· A fool′s bolt may sometimes hit the mark.愚者千虑，必有一得。
· A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out.一愚所失，百智难回。