1、A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
双鸟在林,不如一鸟在手。
2、Cheapest is the dearest.
最便宜的也就是最贵的。
3、One of the difficult tasks in this world is to convince a woman that even a bargain costs money.
世界上难办的事之一,是使女人相信便宜货也是要花钱的。
4、Stuff today and starve tomorrow.
今日大鱼大肉,明日饥肠辘辘。
5、I would rather have my people laugh at my economies than weep for my extravagance.
我宁可让我的人民笑我的节省,也不愿让他们为我的奢侈而哭泣。
6、Little pigeons can carry great messages.
小小的信鸽能带重要的信息。
7、A penny saved is a penny gained.
省一文等于挣一文。
8、Money is a good servant but a bad master.
金钱是个好仆人,又是个坏主人。
9、A trout in the pot is better than a salmon in the sea.
锅里一条小鱼胜过海里一条大鱼。
10、He is most free from danger, who even when safe, is on guard.
居安思危者最平安。
11、Overeating will cause indigestion.
贪多嚼不烂。
12、Never hope for too much.
不要期望太多。
13、Grasp all, lose all.
什么都想要,什么都失掉。
14、Think not on what you lack as much as on what you have.
少想自己欠缺的,多想自己拥有的。
15、Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
知足是天然的财富,奢侈是人为的贫困。
16、Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches into gold.
知足好比点金术。
17、From small profits and many expenses comes whole life of sad consequences.
嫌得少,花得多,一世日子不好过。
18、Spend not where you may save; spare not where you must spend.
可以省时不要花;必须花时不要省。
19、A like every day makes a clout on Sunday. /If you always wear your best clothes they will soon wear out.
平时穿衣无好歹,假日出门无新衣。
20、Wealth is a slave to the wise, a master to the fool.
财富是聪明人的奴隶,是蠢人的主子。
21、Money is a bottomless sea, in which honour, conscience, and truth may be drowned.
金钱是深不可测的海洋,能淹没廉耻,良心和是非感。
22、Plan your consumption carefully on a long term basis, and you need not worry when a famine occurs.
细水长流,遇灾不愁。
23、Cast not out the foul water till you bring in the clean.
端来清水以前,别把浊水泼掉。
24、There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
旧琴也能奏出好乐章。
25、More than enough is too much.
超过所需就是太多。
26、Hunger is the best sauce.
饥者口中尽佳肴。
27、A fool and his money are soon parted.
傻瓜花钱快。
28、Conceited [=ingenious] goods are quickly spent.
花哨货,不经用。
29、Drift is as bad as unthrift.
花钱凭冲动,等于无底洞。
30、A great fortune is a great slavery.
财多多受累。
31、Goods are theirs who enjoy them.
爱物者有物用。
32、Alms never make poor.
施舍穷不了人。
33、Bear wealth, poverty will bear itself.
耐得富的人也耐得穷。
34、Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt.
与其醒来负债,不如忍饿上床。
35、Better leave than lack.
有余胜过不足。
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