wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.知識之於精神，一如健康之於肉體。
wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand. 胸中有知識，勝於手中有金錢。
the best horse needs breeding, and the aptest child needs teaching. 最好的馬要馴，最伶俐的孩子要教。
sound in body, sound in mind. 有健全的身體才有健全的精神。
seeing is believing. 百聞不如一見。
reading makes a full man. 讀書長見識。
practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
one thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. 一次痛苦的經驗抵得上千百次的告誡。
once bitten, twice shy. 一次被咬，下次膽小。
neither beliver nor reject anything, because any other person has rejected of believed it. heaven has given you a mind for judging truth and error, use it. 不要因為別的人相信或否定瞭什麼東西，你也就去相信它或否定它。上帝贈予你一個用來判斷真理和謬誤的頭腦。那你就去運用它吧。
mistakes are an essential part of education. 從錯誤中吸取教訓是教育極為重要的一部分。
learn young, learn fair. 學習趁年輕，學就要學好。
i have but one lamp wait which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. i know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. 我隻拿一盞燈來指引我的腳步，而那盞燈就是經驗，對於未來，我隻是能以過去來判斷。
experience without learning is better than learning without excperi-ence. 有經驗而無學問勝於有學問而無經驗。
experience keeps a dear school,but fools learn in no other.經驗學校學費高，愚人旁處學不到。
experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.經驗是知識之父，記憶是知識之母。
experience is the best teacher.經驗是最好的教師。
dogs wave their tails not so much in, love to you as your bread. 狗搖尾巴，愛的是你的面包。
diligence is the mother of success.勤勉是成功之母。
dexterity comes by experience. 熟練來自經驗。