• No great thing is created suddenly. • 成功来之不易。 • The finest diamond must be cut. • 人不学，不知道。 • Discretion is the better part of valour. • 谨慎即大勇。 • The longest day has an end. • 天下没有不散的筵席。 • First impressions are firmly • entrenched. 先入为主。 • Life is short and time is swift. • 人生苦短，岁月如梭。 • No man can do two things at once. • 一心不可二用。 • Don't shoot butterflies with rifles. • 杀鸡焉用宰牛刀。 • The pen is mightier than the sword. • 文笔胜于武力。 • Things rashly taken end as ill. • 行事草率，必有恶果。 • An idle youth a needy age. • 少壮不努力老大徒伤悲。 ……