引用名人名言及谚语时，可使用如下句型：
As an old saying goes, "Honesty is the best policy."俗话说得好: “诚实为上策”。
Just as the saying goes: “No garden is without weeds”, computer games have also some disadvantages.
正像常言所说:“没有无杂草的花园”，计算机也有一些不足之处。
As the proverb goes: “Every coin has its two sides”, television has both advantages and disadvantages. 正像谚语所说：“任何硬币都有两面”，电视既有优点也有缺点
常见谚语、格言
劝诫篇：
Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达。
It’s never too old to learn. / Live and learn. 活到老，学到老。
Easier said than done. 说起来容易做起来难。
Saying and doing are two different things.说和做是迥然不同的两回事。
Saying is one thing, and doing another.说是一回事，做是另一回事。
Action speaks louder than words. 行动胜过语言。
Better early than late.宁早勿迟 / 早做比迟做好。
Better late than never. 迟到总比不到强；迟做总比不做好。
A man can’t be robbed of his learning.学问是偷不走的。
Ask much, know much.问得多，懂得多。
He who questions nothing learns nothing.不提问，没学问。（不提问题者学不到任何东西。）
A man becomes learned by asking questions.不耻下问才能有学问
Discontent is the first step in progress.不满足是进步的开端。
Seldom seen, soon forgotten.少见易忘
A little learning is a dangerous thing.一知半解是危险的。
By reading we enrich the mind. 博览群书长见识。
All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事总是由难而易
Think twice before we leap.三思而后行。
Pride goes/comes before a fall. 骄傲使人失败。
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither. 同时追二免，必将无所获/脚踏两条船，必定落空
Business comes before pleasure. 事业在先，享受在后
Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.鸡蛋未孵出，不要先数鸡。（不要过早乐观）
You can's judge a book by it's cover. 人不可貌相
Grasp all, lose all. / Better master one than engage with ten.样样都要，全都失掉。
A contented mind is a perpetual feast.知足长乐。
Words are but wind, but seeing is believing / to see is to believe. 耳听为虚，眼见为实
A man can do no more than he can.量力而行。
Do not teach fish to swim. / Don’t try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
不要班门弄斧。
A bad workman always blames his tools. 拙匠常怪工具差/ 不会撑船怪河弯。
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗。
Honesty is the best policy.诚实为上策。