Make hay while the sun shines.
良机勿失。

Make your enemy your friend.
化敌为友。

Man can climb to the highest summit but he cannot dwell there long. (Bernard Shaw)
人可以爬到最高峰，但他不能在那儿久住。（萧伯纳）

Man can only be free through mastery of himself. (S. E. Morison)
只有通过掌握自己，才能使自己得到解放。（莫里森）

Man errs as long as he strives.
失误是进取的代价。

Man errs so long as he strives.
人只要奋斗就会犯错误。

Man is the soul of the universe.
人是万物之灵。

Man proposes, God disposes.
谋事在人，成事在天。

Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards.
人往高处走，水往低处流。

Many a man’s reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
许多人的名声如果在街上遇到自己的品德会互相不认识。

Many hands make light work.
众人拾柴火焰高。

Many heads are better than one.
三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。

Many people’s tombstones should read: ’ Died at 30, buried at 60.’ ( N.M. Butler )
许多人的墓碑上应该刻上：’三十而死，六旬而葬。’（巴特勒）

Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.
有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。

Measure for measure.
针锋相对。

Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them.
奇迹有时候是会发生的，但是你得为之拼命蒂努力。

Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
患难见真情。

Misfortunes never come alone.
祸不单行。

Money is a good servant and a bad master.
金钱是善仆，也是恶主。

Money is like muck
not good except it be spread.
金钱好比粪肥，只有撒到在大地才是有用之物。

Money isn’t everything.
钱不是万能的。

Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice.
品德可能仅仅在于有勇气作出抉择。

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
对于大多数人来说，他们认定自己有多幸福，就有多幸福。

Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important. ( T. S. Eliot )
世界上大部分的麻烦都是要想成为伟大人物的人搞出来的。（艾略特）

Murder will out.
纸包不住火。

My fellow Americans
ask not what your country can do for you;ask what you can do for your country . My fellow citizens of the world ; ask not what America will do for you
but what together we can do for the freedom of man .
美国同胞们，不要问国家能为你们做些什么，而要问你们能为国家做些什么。全世界的公民们，不要问美国将为你们做些什么，而要问我们共同能为人类的自由做些什么。

My philosophy of life is work.
我的人生哲学就是工作。

My son is my son till he has got him a wife
but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.
儿子婚前是儿子，女儿终生是女儿。

Natural abilities are like natural plants that need pruning by study.
天生的才干如同天生的植物一样，需要靠学习来修剪。

Nature is the true law.
天行有常，不为尧存，不为桀亡。

Necessity is the mother of invention.
需要是发明的动力。