1.Be honest rather clever.  诚实比聪明更重要
2.Being on sea,sail; being on land,settle.  随遇而安
3.By reading we enrice the mind; by conversation we polish it.  读书使我们思想充实，交谈使其更臻完美
4.By other's faults, wise men correct their own.  他山之石，可以攻玉
5.By falling we learn to go safely.  吃一堑，长一智