Reputation is one thing; character another.
名誉是一回事;性格又是一回事。
Better talk too little than too much.
少说几句总比多说几句好。
Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
听宜敏捷,言宜缓行。
A man can do no more than he can.
凡是只能量力而行
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
施舍比收获更有福。
Everyone’s manners make his fortune.
人的礼仪造成自己的命运。
Do in Rome as the Romans do.
入乡随俗。
Judge not a book by its cover,
人不可貌相,海水不可斗量。
The same knife cuts bread and fingers.
水能载舟,亦能覆舟。
A sparrow cannot understand the ambition of a swan.
燕雀安知鸿鹄之志。
Better die with honor than libe with shame.
宁为玉碎,不为瓦全。
入乡随俗。
举止是映照每个人自身形象的镜子。
———歌德:《亲和力》
礼貌使有礼貌的人喜悦,也使那些受人以礼貌相待的人们喜悦。
———孟德斯鸠:《论法的精神》
讲礼貌不会失去什么,却能得到一切。
———玛.沃.蒙塔古:《书信集》
礼尚往来。往而不来,非礼也;来而不往,亦非礼也。
———《礼记.曲礼上》
go for it !
加油!
不以规矩,不成方圆
Not to rule out fangyuan
赠人玫瑰,手有余香
Send person rose, hand there are lingering fragrance
行动胜于言辞。
Actions speak louder than words.