. a useful trade is a mine of gold. 一樣有用的手藝是取之不盡的財富。
. a valiant man's look is more than a coward's sword. 勇士的神色勝過懦夫的刀劍。
. a<i>var</i>ice blinds our eyes. 財迷心竅。
. a<i>var</i>ice increases with wealth. 越富越貪。
. a wanderer who is determined to reach his destination does not fear the rain. 決心趕到目的地，浪漢何懼雨來淋。

. a watched pot is long in boiling. 心急水不沸。
. a wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent. 一本壞書危害無窮。
. a wilful man will have his way. 有志者是竟成。
. a wise head makes a close mouth. 智者寡言。
. a wise man cares not for what he cannot have. 智者不作非凡之想。

. a wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. 智者通權達變，愚者剛愎自用。
. a wise man needs not blush for changing his purpose. 智者不恥于改變初衷。
. a wise man thinks all that he says, a fool says all that he thinks. 智者思其所言，愚者言其所思。
. a wise man will make tools of what comes to hand. 聰明的人能隨機應變。
. a woman's work is never at an end. 婦女的活計做不完。

. a word is enough to the wise. 對明智者一言已足。
. a word spoken is an arrow let fly. 一言既出，駟馬難追。
. a word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，駟馬難追。
. a work ill done must be twice done. 未做好的活，需要重新做。
. a young man married is a man that's marred.男子早婚，種下禍根。

. bacchus has drowned more men than nepture. 酒神淹死的人比海神多。
. bad news has wings. 壞事傳千里。
. bad workmen often blame their tools. 拙匠常怪工具差。
. bare words, no bargain. 空言不能成交易。
. barking dogs seldom bite. 善吠的狗很少咬人。

. be always as merry as ever you can, for no-one delights in a sorrowful man. 務請心情常歡暢，只因無人喜憂傷。
. beauty is but a blossom. 美麗只是盛開的花朵。
. beauty is but skin-deep. 紅顏易變。
. beauty is in the eye of the gazer. 情人眼里出西施。
. as a man lives so shall he die. 有生必有死。