The thief can lie, those he has stolen from cannot. 小偷会说谎，而被他偷走的人不会。
Stupidity is too often beauty's imperfection. 愚蠢往往是美的缺陷。
When the tree is down every one runs to it with a hatchet to cut wood. 当树倒下来时，每个人都拿着斧头跑过去砍木头。
Three diseases without shame: love, itch, and thirst. 三种毫无羞耻的疾病:爱、痒和渴。
A thousand workers, a thousand plans. 一千个工人，一千个计划。
We owe almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed, but to those who have differed. 我们几乎所有的知识都不是来自那些持相同意见的人，而是来自那些持不同意见的人。 -- Charles Caleb Colton 英国作家科尔顿
The person afraid of bad luck will never know good. 害怕坏运气的人永远不会知道什么是好运气。
Never use a dwarf to measure the depth of the water. 千万不要用侏儒来测量水深。
Sometimes, if I am not careful, and I stare too long at a flower, it shrivels and dies. 有时候，如果我不小心，盯着一朵花太久，它就会枯萎死亡。 -- Christopher Pike 克里斯托弗·派克