One must fill the pitcher while the water is flowing. 当水流动时，必须把水罐灌满。
Life liveth not in living, but in liking. 生活不是为了活着，而是为了喜欢。
Don't bless the fish till it gets to the land. 鱼上岸前不要祝福它。
Life versus Death becomes, as Montaigne pointed out, Old Age versus Death. 正如蒙田所指出的，生与死的对抗变成了老年与死亡的对抗。 -- Julian Barnes 朱利安·巴恩斯
What a man suffers is the punishment of his tongue. 人所受的，是舌头的刑罚。
Trust not your gossip to a priest who has been a friar. 不要把你的闲言碎语托付给一个当过教士的神父。
Short cuts make long delays. 近路长耽搁。 -- J. R. R. Tolkien J.R.R.托尔金
Kissing don't last but cooking do. 接吻不会持久，但烹饪会。
Never slap a man who chews tobacco. 不要打嚼烟草的人。 -- Willard Scott 威拉德·斯科特