Most beautiful dumb girls think they are smart and get away with it, because other people, on the whole, aren't much smarter. 大多数漂亮又笨的女孩都认为自己很聪明，并侥幸逃脱了惩罚，因为总的来说，其他人并不比她们聪明多少。 -- Louise Brooks 露易丝·布鲁克斯
Being tactful in audacity is knowing how far one can go too far. 在大胆中机智就是知道自己能走多远。 -- Jean Cocteau 让·科克图
The good seaman is known in bad weather. 惊涛骇浪，方显英雄本色。
Don't slaughter more pigs than you can salt. 不要宰太多的猪。
If the palm-wine tapper is praised, he dilutes the palm-wine with water. 若掌酒的把酒师受了称赞，他就用水稀释掌酒。
Better be mad with all the world than wise alone. 宁可为全世界而疯狂，也不愿独自聪明。
It's never what you say, but how you make it sound sincere. 重要的不是你说了什么，而是你如何让它听起来真诚。 -- Marya Mannes 玛丽安·曼内斯
Honest men marry soon, wise men never. 诚实的人结婚快，聪明的人结婚慢。