"I heard" is good; "I saw" is better.

百闻不如一见。

A Quarter of an hour is worth more than a thousand gold coins.

一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴。

A bad man talks about what he has eaten and drunk -- a good man about what he has seen and heard.

坏人谈论他所吃的和喝的;好人谈论他所见的和所听的。

A bad word whispered echoes a hundred miles.

一句恶语在百里之外回响。

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

一句恶语百里响。

A bad worker quarrels with his tools.

拙匠常怨工具差。

A bar of iron continually ground becomes a needle.

只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。

A base person often thinks of a man of honor as mean as himself.

卑鄙的人常常认为有名望的人和他自己一样卑鄙。

A beautiful bird is the only kind we cage.

美丽的鸟是我们关在笼子里的唯一一种鸟。

A beautiful flower is incomplete without its leaves.

美丽的花没有叶子是不完整的。

A big tree attracts the gale.

树大招风。

A bird can roost but on one branch, a mouse can drink not more than its fill from a river.

鸟可以栖息，但在一根树枝上，老鼠只能喝到河里的水。

A bird does not sing because he has the answer to something, he sings because he has a song.

鸟唱歌不是因为它知道某件事的答案，而是因为它有一首歌。

A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses.

送人玫瑰，手有余香。

A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.

送人玫瑰，手有余香。