Hours once lost cannot be regained.

光阴一去不复返。

If envy would burn, there would be no need for wood.

如果嫉妒烧起来，就不需要木头了。

If ever you should need my life, come and take it.

如果你需要我的生命，就来取走吧。

If you spit against the wind, you spit in your own face.

如果你逆风吐口水，你就是在自己脸上吐口水。

If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority.

如果你想知道一个人是什么，就把他放在权威的位置上。

It is better to look from the mountain than from the dungeon.

从山上看总比从地牢里看好。

It is not easy to meet Good, but it is easy to recognize it.

遇见美好并不容易，但认识美好却很容易。

Life is like a game in which God shuffles the cards, the devil deals them and we have to play the trumps.

人生就像一场游戏，上帝洗牌，魔鬼出牌，我们必须出王牌。

Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg.

人比石头坚硬，比鸡蛋脆弱。

Man is learning all his life and yet he dies in ignorance.

人一生都在学习，却死于无知。

Nine gamblers could not feed a single rooster.

九个赌徒连一只公鸡都喂不饱。

No one likes to be the first to step on the ice.

没有人喜欢第一个踏上冰面。

On your own donkey it is quicker than on someone else's racehorse.

骑自己的驴比骑别人的赛马快。

One ounce of good luck is better than a ton of brains.

一盎司的好运胜过一吨的智慧。

Patience can break through iron doors.

耐心能打破铁门。