.a work ill done must be twice done.

首次做不好,必須重新搞.

.they who cannot do as they would,must do as they can.

不能如愿而行,也須盡力而為.

.it is good to learn at another man’s cost.

前車可鑒.

.he that thinks his business below him will always be above his business.

自命大才小用,往往眼高手低.

.do business,but be not a slave to it.

要做事,但不要做事務的奴隸.

.everybody’s business is nobody’s business.

眾人的事就是無人過問的事.

.put your shoulder to the wheel.

努力工作.

.never do things by halves.

做事不要半途而廢.

.in for a penny,in for a pound.

做事一開頭,就要做到底；一不做,二不休.

.many hands make quick work.

人多干活快.

.many hands make light work.

眾擎易舉.

.a bad workman quarrels with his tools.

技術拙劣的工人抱怨自己的工具.

.if you would have a thing well done,do it yourself.

想把事情來做好,就得親自動手搞.

.he that doth most at once doth least.

什么都想一次做完,結果一件也做不完；貪多嚼不爛.

.do as most men do and men will speak well of thee.

照大多數人那樣干,人們會把你稱贊.

.what may be done at any time will be done at no time.

在任何時候都可做的事情,總是在任何時候都不做的事情.

.if you want knowledge,you must toil for it.

若要求知識,須從勤苦得.

.learn wisdom by the follies of others.

從旁人的愚行中學到聰明.

.work makes the workman.

勤工出巧匠.

.better master one than engage with ten.

會十事,不如精一事.