引用名人名言及諺語時，可使用如下句型：

As an old saying goes, Honesty is the best policy.俗話說得好: 誠實為上策。

Just as the saying goes: No garden is without weeds, computer games have also some disadvantages.

正像常言所說:沒有無雜草的花園，計算機也有一些不足之處。

As the proverb goes: Every coin has its two sides, television has both advantages and disadvantages. 正像諺語所說：任何硬幣都有兩面，電視既有優點也有缺點

常見諺語、格言

勸誡篇：

Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作不玩耍，聰明孩子也變傻。

More haste, less speed. 欲速則不達。

Its never too old to learn. / Live and learn. 活到老，學到老。

Easier said than done. 說起來容易做起來難。

Saying and doing are two different things.說和做是迥然不同的兩回事。

Saying is one thing, and doing another.說是一回事，做是另一回事。

Action speaks louder than words. 行動勝過語言。

Better early than late.寧早勿遲 / 早做比遲做好。

Better late than never. 遲到總比不到強；遲做總比不做好。

A man cant be robbed of his learning.學問是偷不走的。

Ask much, know much.問得多，懂得多。

He who questions nothing learns nothing.不提問，沒學問。（不提問題者學不到任何東西。）

A man becomes learned by asking questions.不恥下問才能有學問

Discontent is the first step in progress.不滿足是進步的開端。

Seldom seen, soon forgotten.少見易忘

A little learning is a dangerous thing.一知半解是危險的。

By reading we enrich the mind. 博覽群書長見識。

All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事總是由難而易

Think twice before we leap.三思而后行。

Pride goes/comes before a fall. 驕傲使人失敗。

If you run after two hares, you will catch neither. 同時追二免，必將無所獲/腳踏兩條船，必定落空

Business comes before pleasure. 事業在先，享受在后

Dont count your chickens before they are hatched.雞蛋未孵出，不要先數雞。（不要過早樂觀）

You cans judge a book by its cover. 人不可貌相

Grasp all, lose all. / Better master one than engage with ten.樣樣都要，全都失掉。

A contented mind is a perpetual feast.知足長樂。

Words are but wind, but seeing is believing / to see is to believe. 耳聽為虛，眼見為實

A man can do no more than he can.量力而行。

Do not teach fish to swim. / Dont try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

不要班門弄斧。

A bad workman always blames his tools. 拙匠常怪工具差/ 不會撐船怪河彎。

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入鄉隨俗。

Honesty is the best policy.誠實為上策。