发前人未发之论，方是奇书。—— 张潮 A remarkable book is one which says something never said before. —— Zhang Chao (Translated by Lin Yutang) Note: Used to mean that it is valuable to be creative and original in writing.  心译翻译工作室 英语翻译

What’s past is prologue.—— William Shakespaere 凡是过去，皆为序章。—— 威廉·莎士比亚 心译翻译工作室 英语翻译

正身直行，众邪自息。—— 刘安 If one is well-behaved and fair-minded, the various evils will certainly dissipate of their own accord. —— Liu An 心译翻译工作室 英语翻译

劳动常常是愉快之父。—— 伏尔泰 Labour is often the father of pleasure. —— Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire 心译翻译工作室 英语翻译

能言之，未必能行；能行者，未必能言。—— 刘向 A person who is capable of talking well is not necessarily good at working well, while a person who is capable of doing solid work is not necessarily good at talking. —— Liu Xiang 心译翻译工作室 英语翻译

其术可以心得，不可以言喻。—— 沈括 Such a method can only be understood with concentrated attention, but it cannot be expressed in words. —— Shen Kuo 心译翻译工作室 英语翻译

可为智者道，难为俗人言。—— 司马迁 It’s something that one can tell his bosom friends only, not ordinary acquaintances. —— Sima Qian 心译翻译工作室 英语翻译

倦立而思远，不如速行之必至。—— 徐幹 One will be more certain of arriving if one travels swiftly rather than just standing there in a slump, thinking how far one still has to go. —— Xu Gan 心译翻译工作室 英语翻译

三日不读书，便觉语言无味，面目可憎。—— 黄庭坚 Not having read anything for three days a scholar will feel that he has become insipid in language, and repulsive in appearance. —— Huang Tingjian 心译翻译工作室 英语翻译

君子必慎其独也。——《礼记·大学》 A gentleman is cautious when he is alone. (Commonly used to mean that one does not relax in his self-cultivation even when he lives alone.) ——Higher Education · The Book of Rites 心译翻译工作室 英语翻译