1.Where there is a will,there is a way.
有志者，事竟成。
2.Nothing is too diffcult,if you put your heart into it.
世上无难事，只怕有心人。
3.As every thread of gold is valuable, so every moment of time.
一寸光阴一寸金。
4.All things in their being are good for something.
天生我才必有用。
5.There is nothing permanent except change.
唯有变化才是永恒的。
6.Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.
知识之于心灵正如健康之于身体。
7.Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.
改变自己往往比改变环境更为需要。
8.Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
今日一只蛋，胜过明天一只鸡。
9.There is no friend so faithful as a good book.
最忠实的朋友莫过于一本好书。
跟读书有关的谚语还有：To open a book is always beneficial.
开卷有益
10. You can't judge a tree by its bark.（bark不止有狗叫的意思，还有树皮的意思）
人不可貌相。
11.Jack of all trades, master of none.
博而不精，杂而不纯的人
12.Friendship cannot stand always on one side.
友谊是双方的事。
13.One tree does not make a forest.
独木不成林。（类似于中国的那句“团结就是力量”）
14.What is done by night appears by day. （可以用到写作弊的文章中）
若要人不知，除非已莫为。
15.It's never too late to mend.
改过不嫌晚。 （类似于亡羊补牢，为时未晚）
16.Man proposes, God disposes.（我个人最喜欢，推荐）
谋事在人，成事在天。
17．Sweep before your own door.
正人先正已。
18.A hero is nothing but a product of his time.
时势造英雄。
19.It is better to trust to valour than to luck.（这句话可以经过修改用到考试中，譬如把勇气换成知识或实力，根据需要可作变换）
靠运气不如靠勇气。
20. Ignorance is the mother of impudence.（可以用到讲教育的重要性的文章中）
无知是鲁莽之源。