Better sense in the head than cents in the pocket.
 口袋里有钱不如头脑里有知识
 
Better spare to have of thine own than ask of other men.
 求人不如自己省
 
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.
 明枪易躲，暗箭难防
 
Better the foot slip than the tongue trip.
 宁可失足，不可失言
 
Better the last smile than the first laughter.
 宁可最后微笑 ,不要首先狂喜
 
Better to ask the way than go astray.
 问路总比迷路好
 
Better to be alone than in bad company.
 宁可孤单也不交坏朋友
 
Better to do well than to say well.
 说得好不如做得好
 
Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
 与其诅咒黑暗 ,不如燃起蜡烛
 美国 ]Strong 斯特朗
 
Better to read little with thought than much with levity¹ and quickness.
 读书与其多而草率 ,不如少而精研
 
Better to reign² in hell than serve in heaven.
 宁在地狱为王，不到天堂当差
 
Better unlearned than ill-learned.
 学而不化 ,不如无学
 
Better wear out shoes than sheets.
 宁愿把鞋子穿漏，不愿把床单磨破
 英语谚语
 
Better without gold than without friends.
 宁可没有金钱 ,不可没有朋友

Between two stools you fall to the ground.
 欲坐双凳必坠地
 
Beware beginning.
 慎始为上
 
Beware of a silent dog and still water.
 提防不吠的狗，小心平静的水。 /不叫的狗咬人痛，无浪的水淹死人
 
Beware of the fury of a patient man.
 要小心脾气好的人发火
 J.Dryden 德莱顿(英国文学家)
 
Beware the flatterer: he feeds you with an empty spoon. /He who gives fair words feeds you with an empty spoon.
 提防谄媚者:他用空匙喂你.
 
Bigotry³ may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions.
 可以给偏执下一个粗略的定义：没有观点的人的愤怒
 G.K.Chesterton 切斯特顿
 
Birds in their little nests agree.
 鸟巢虽小 ,夫妻不吵
 
Birds of a feather flock together.
 物以类聚 ,人以群分
 
Birth is much, but breeding is more.
 教养重于出身
 
Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime, and too sleepy to worry at night.
 白天忙得没有时间发愁，夜里困得来不及发愁的人是真正有福的
 
Blind men can judge no colors.
 盲者不辨色
 
Blood is thicker than water.
 血比水浓
 
Blow first and sip⁴ afterwards.
 喝茶防烫，吃饭防噎
 
Blushing is virtue's color.
 脸红是美德的颜色
 R.Taverner 塔弗纳
 
Books and friends should be few but good.
 书与友 ,贵精不贵多
 
Books are the ever-burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.
 好书乃积累智慧之长明灯
 G.W.Curties 寇第斯
 
Bought wit is best, but may cost too much.
 亲身的体验最好 ,只不过有时代价太高
 
Boys will be boys.
男孩子总是男孩子
 
Bread is the staff of life.
 民以食为天
 
Bread nourishes the body, and books enrich the mind.
 面包滋养身体 ,书本充实头脑
 
Brevity is the soul of wit.
 言以简为贵
 Shakespeare 莎士比亚
 
Burn not your house to fright the mouse away.
 别为吓跑耗子而去烧房子。
 
Business before pleasure.
 先工作 ,后娱乐. /干完正事再玩儿
 
By doing nothing we learn to do ill.
 游手好闲是万恶之源
 
By his claw, you may know the lion.
 要知狮子看脚爪
 
By the side of sickness health becomes sweet.
 不生病不知道健康的快乐
 
By the street of "Bye-and-bye" one arrives at the house of "Never".
 迁延因循 ,一事无成