Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve.

把受伤了的胳膊藏在衣袖里。

Not until just before dawn do people sleep best; not until people get old do they become wise.

只有到凌晨人们才睡的最熟，只有到年老时人们才变得聪明。

Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of wind.

撑起一尺的风帆，你会得到10尺的风力。

To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.

要知道怎样前面的路怎么走，最好问从前面返回的人。

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.

如果在世上你只剩下2毛钱，就用一毛钱买一块面包，另一毛买一朵百合花。

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

点亮一支蜡烛总比咒骂黑暗要好。

A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.

荆棘是玫瑰的卫士，只会刺伤摘花的人。

With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.

只要有时间和耐心，桑树叶子会变成绸大褂。

If we don't change our direction we're likely to end up where we're headed.

如果我们不改变方向，总会走到我们要去的地方。

If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through.

如果你站起来的次数比摔倒的次数多一次，你就过关了。

The man who comes with a tale about others has himself an ax to grind.

说别人坏话的人一定是自己图谋不轨。

I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and walked my old one.

在梦里有一千条新路可走，可是醒来以后还是走老路。

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.

说某事不能做的人不应该干扰别人去做。

看着这许多“中国谚语”，怎么就没听说过呢？不是自己学识浅薄，就是老外故弄玄虚，总觉得有deep doubts(深深的疑惑)。说起doubts，也许正好用上另一句世上流传的Chinese Proverbs：

Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.

疑惑深，智慧也深；疑惑浅，智慧也浅。