| Even the worthy Homer sometimes nods. | ホーマーも時には居眠りをする。 |
| Whom God loves, his bitch brings forth pigs. | 神が愛する人には飼い犬から子豚が生まれる。 |
| Even the worthy Homer sometimes nods. | 弘法も筆の誤り。 |
| The best swimmers are oftenest drowned. | 河童の川流れ。 |
| Even the worthy Homer sometimes nods. | 猿も木から落ちる。 |
| Never too much of anything. | 過ぎたるは及ばざるが如し。 |
| An ox is captured by the horns, a person is bound by his word. | 牛は角により、人は言葉により捕まえられる。 |
| There is no easy road to learning. | 学問に王道なし。 |
| A burnt child fears the fire. | 火傷した子は火を怖がる。 |