The possible ranks higher than the actual. 可能的比实际的高。 -- Martin Heidegger 马丁·海德格尔
Judge not of men and things at first sight. 不要对人和事作一眼的判断。
The most lasting monuments are doubtless paper-monuments. 最持久的纪念碑无疑是纸质纪念碑。
The race is not always to the swift. 捷足先登不一定能赢得比赛。
I wouldn't be in a legitimate business for all the money in the world. 我无论如何也不会从事合法的生意。 -- Gennaro Angiulo 心绞痛
To measure other people's corn by one's own bushel. 以己度人。
He who is not impatient is not in love. 没有耐心的人不会恋爱。
We never miss the well till it runs dry. 我们从不错过井，直到它干涸。