1.Deliberate slowly,执行 promptly.

慢慢酌量,快快行动.

2.Put your shoulder to the wheel.

努力工作.

3.Never do things by halves.

做事不要半途而废.

4.In for a penny,in for a pound.

做事一开头,就要做到底；一不做,二不休.

5.Many hands make quick work.

人多干活快.

6.Many hands make light work.众擎易举.

7.A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

技术拙劣的工人抱怨自己的工具.

8.Diligence is the mohter of success.

勤奋是成功之母.

9.Idleness is the root of all evil.

懒惰乃万恶之源.

10.Care and diligence bring luck.

谨慎和勤奋带来好运

11.Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

勤勉是好运之母.

12.Industry is fortune’s right hand,and frugality her left.

勤勉是幸运的右手,世俭是幸运的左手.

13.Idleness is the key of beggary.

懒惰出乞丐.

14.No root,no fruit.

无根就无果.

15.Idle people (folks) have the most labour (take the most pains).

懒人做工作,越懒越费力.

16.Sloth is the key of poverty.

惰能致贫.

17.Sloth turneth the edge of wit.

懒散能磨去才智的锋芒.

18.An idle brain is the devil’s workshop.

懒汉的头脑是魔鬼的工厂.

19.The secret of wealth lieth in the letters SAVE.

节俭是致富的秘诀.

20. Time flies.

时光易逝.