1.honest rather clever.

Honesty is more important than cleverness.

2 Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.

Be content with the situation.

3 Be just to all, but trust not all.

Be just to all, but trust not all.

4 Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear.

You can’t believe everything you see, and you can’t half-believe what you hear.

5 Be slow to promise and quick to perform.

A promise that is never taken lightly will come true.

6 Be swift to hear, slow to speak.

Listen more and speak less.

7 Better an empty purse than an empty head.

I would rather have a empty wallet than an empty head.

8 Better an open enemy than a false friend.

It is easy to hide from open guns, but difficult to guard against hidden arrows.

9 Better good neighbors near than relations faraway.

10 Between the cup and the lip a morsel mayslip.

Failed.

11 Between two stools one falls to the ground.

If you step on both ends, you will fail.

12 Bewarebeginnings.

Start with caution.

13 Big mouthfuls ofterchoke.

More than you can chew.

14 Bind the sack before it befull.

Do things in moderation.

15 Birds of a feather flock together.

Birds of a feather flock together, and people flock together.

16 Birth is much, but breeding is more.

Origin is important, but education is even more important.

17 Bite off more than one canchew.

It’s too much to swallow.

18 Bite the hand that feedsone.

Repay kindness with evil.

19 Bitter pills may have wholesomeeffects.

Good medicine tastes bitter but is beneficial to disease.

20 Blind men can judge nocolours.

It is not appropriate to ask blind men.

21 Blood is thicker than water.

Blood is thicker than water.

22 Bread is the staff of life.

People depend on food.

23 Brevity is the soul ofwit.

Simplicity is the most precious thing.

24 Bring up a raven and he'll pick out youreyes.

Raising tigers brings disaster.

25 Burn not your house to rid it of themmouse.

26 Burnt child dreads the fire.

Once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of well ropes for ten years.

27 Business before pleasure.

Career comes first, pleasure comes later.

28 Business is business.

Business is business.

29 By doing welearn.

Everything you learn makes you wise.

30 By falling we learn to gosafely.

Eat a pit and gain wisdom.

31 By other's faults, wise men correct their own.

Stones from other mountains can attack jade.

32 By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polishit.

Reading can enrich our thoughts, and talking can make it more perfect.