. a word is enough to the wise. 对明智者一言已足。
. a word spoken is an arrow let fly. 一言既出，驷马难追。
. a word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，驷马难追。
. 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，种下祸根。

. bacchus has drowned more men than nepture. 酒神淹死的人比海神多。
. bad news has wings. 坏事传千里。
. 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. 务请心情常欢畅，只因无人喜忧伤。
. beauty is but a blossom. 美丽只是盛开的花朵。
. beauty is but skin-deep. 红颜易变。
. 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。