1. Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity. 勤劳是事业的灵魂, 是 成功的基石。

　　2. If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency. 如果你很有天赋, 勤勉会使你完善; 如果你能力一般, 勤勉能补足你的缺陷。

　　3. Idleness is the root of all evils.懒惰是万恶之源。

　　4. Industry is fortune's right hand, and frugality her left.节俭和 勤奋是幸运的左右手。 -----John. Ray 约翰.雷

　　5. Only by working hard can we reap a bumper harvest.只有通过辛勤的 劳动才能收获丰硕的成果。

　　6. He that will thrive must rise at five.五点起床, 家业兴旺。

　　7. Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.小财注意, 大财自来。

　　8. If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city.若家家动手扫清门前, 整个城市就清洁了。

　　9. National progress is the sum of individual industry, energy and uprightness, as national decay is of individual idleness, selfishness and vice.国家之前进源于个人的勤奋, 奋发, 正直, 正如国家之衰落由于个人的懒惰, 自私, 堕落。

　　10. The love of economy is the root of all virtue.节约是一切美德的根源。

　　11. Thrift is not only a great virtue, but also a great revenue.节俭不仅是一大美德, 而且是一大财源。

　　12. Put your hand no further than your sleeve will reach.量入为出。

　　13. Waste not, want not.不浪费, 不会穷。

　　14. Who repairs not his gutters repairs his whole house.今日不补沟, 他日必补屋。

　　15. Money is a good servant but a bad master. 金钱是个好仆人, 又是个坏主人。 ----- 法国 谚语

　　16. Overeating will cause indigestion.贪多嚼不烂。

　　17. Grasp all, lose all.什么都想要, 什么都失掉。

　　18. 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。