action is the proper fruit of knowledge. 行為是常識的巧果。
adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 患難讓人聰慧，但不可以發(fā)家致富。
adversity makes strange bedfellows. 置身挫折不擇師。
adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory. 取得成功地戰(zhàn)勝困難是較大的榮耀。
a fair death honours the whole life. 死得光輝，終生榮譽。
a fair face may hide a foul heart. 人不可貌相。
a faithful friend is hard to find. 良友難能可貴。
a fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一塹，長一智。
after dinner sit a while, after supper walk a while. 午餐后要坐，晚飯后要走。
a father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both. 爸爸是資本，弟兄是寬慰，好朋友兼而有之。
a fault confessed is half redressed. 認錯，相當于糾正一半。
affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended. 事兒要安步就班地做，便會迅速地做完。
a flow of words is no proof of wisdom. 伶牙俐齒不可以做為智謀的證實。
a fool always comes short of his reckoning. 似是而非常缺去算計。
a fool always rushes to the fore. 傻子總愛強左右。
a fool and his money are soon parted. 傻瓜難招財。
a fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity. 傻人裝聰慧，確實最可伶。
a fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer. 一愚提問，七智結(jié)舌。
a fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. 愚人所問，聰明人難答。
a fool may give a wise man counsel. 愚者千慮，必有一得。
a fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out. 一愚所失，百智難回。
a fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another. 一個蠢材在他自己家中所知的事比一個聰明的人在他人家中所知的事要多。
a fools bolt may sometimes hit the mark. 愚者千慮，必有一得。
a fools heart dances on his lips. 似是而非心豁達，掛在嘴巴上。
a fox may grow grey, but never good. 小狐貍會變，但江山易改。
a friend exaggerates a mans virtue, an enemy his crimes. 好朋友傳揚人的傳統(tǒng)美德，對手夸大其詞人的罪行。
a friend in court is better than a penny in purse. 曩中富有，比不上朝中有友。
a friend in need is a friend indeed. 患難好朋友才算是真朋友。
a friend is a second self. 朋友是另一個我。
a friend is best found in adversity. 患難見真友。
a friend is never known till a man have need. 不上患難時，始終不可以了解真心朋友。
a friend is not so soon gotten as lost. 交朋友慢，失友快。
a friend to everybody is a friend to nobody. 廣交朋友，無去深交。
a friend without faults will never be found. 沒有缺陷的朋友是始終找不著的。
after a storm comes a calm. 苦盡甘來。
after black clouds, clear weather. 否極泰來。
after death, the doctor. 放馬后炮。
after dinner comes the reckoning. 休閑娛樂，該付成本。
actions speak louder than words. 存在即是合理。
a discontented man knows not where to sit easy. 不符合者坐無寧時。
a disease known is half cured. 病況確確診，看病好一半。
admonish your friends in private, praise them in public. 在私下要勸告你的朋友，在公共場合又夸獎你的朋友。
a dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone. 骨骼打小狗不叫。
adversity is a good discipline. 痛苦是磨煉人的好機會。
adversity leads to prosperity. 挫折迎向興盛。