By lamplight every country wench seems handsome. 在灯光下,每个乡下姑娘都显得很漂亮。
Marry Prince William? I'd love that. Who wouldn't want to be a princess? 嫁给威廉王子吗?我爱。谁不想成为公主呢? -- Britney Spears 布兰妮·斯皮尔斯
If your enemy is up to his waist in water, give him your hand; if the water reaches his shoulders, stand on his head. 你的仇敌若在水里齐腰,就把手给他;如果水到了他的肩膀,就倒立在他的头上。
Pills must be swallowed without chewing. 药物吞下去之前先要细细咀嚼。
The empty purse says she is made of leather. 空钱包上写着她是皮制的。
The way you see people is the way you treat them and the way you treat them is what they become. 你看待别人的方式就是你对待他们的方式,你对待他们的方式就是他们成为什么样的人。 -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 约翰·沃尔夫冈·冯·歌德
A rich man has more relatives than he knows about. 富人的亲戚比他所知道的要多。
They limit their expenditure where it is not needed, and are ever lavish of that of which they should be sparing. 他们把开支限制在不需要的地方,并且总是把本应节省的开支挥霍无度。