1. The (or A) beggar may sing before the thief (or footbad). 既是窮光蛋，何慮竊賊偷。

　　2. The abundance of money ruins youth. 錢多毀青年。

　　3. The ass wags his ears. 自鳴得意。

　　4. The bait hides the hook. 餌里藏鉤;笑里藏刀。

　　5. The battle is to the strong. 強者必勝。

　　6. The beaten road is the safest. 踏過的路最安全。

　　7. The beginnings of all things are small. 萬事開頭小。

　　8. The belly has no ears. 食欲不長耳。

　　9. The best fish smell when they are three days old. 魚過三天后，再鮮也變臭。

　　10. The best fish swim near the bottom. 好魚游水底。

　　11. The best hearts are always the bravest. 無私者無畏。

　　12. The best horse needs breaking, and the aptest child needs teaching. 玉不琢不成器。

　　13. The best is often the enemy of the good. 要求過高，反難成功。

　　14. The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good. 要求過高反難成功。

　　15. The best is yet to come. 未來是最美好的。

　　16. The best man stumbles. 偉人也有犯錯時。

　　17. The best mirror is a friend's eye. 朋友的眼睛是最好的鏡子。

　　18. The best mirror is an old friend. 老朋友是最好的'鏡子。

　　19. The best of all governments is that which teaches us to govern ourselves. 最好的政府是教導我們管理自己。

　　20. The best of friends must part. 莫逆至交，終有一別。

　　21. The best remedy against an ill man is much ground between. 敬而遠之。

　　22. The best smell is bread, the best savour salt, the best love that of children. 面包的氣味最香，食鹽的滋味最鮮，兒童的情愛最純。

　　23. The best teacher one can have is necessity. 我們能得到的最好教師是“需要”。

　　24. The best teachers of humanity are the lives of great men. 啟迪人性最好的導師是偉大人物的生活。

　　25. The better the day, the better the deed. 日子越美好，事業越順當。

　　26. The bough that bears most, hangs lowest. 枝頭結果越多，垂得越低。

　　27. The brave man hazards his life, but not his conscience. 英雄的人可以冒生命危險，但不冒良心危險。

　　28. The brightest of all things, the sun, has its spots. 金無赤足，人無完人。

　　29. The burden on likes is cheerfully borne. 愛挑的擔子，就愉快輕松。

　　30. The busiest men find (or have) the most leisure (or time). 最忙的人時間最多。