Who weds a sot to get his cot, will lose the cot and keep the sot. 如果一个人为了得到一张帆布床而结婚，那么他将失去这张帆布床而保留这张帆布床。
The mouth often utters that which the head must answer for. 嘴经常发出脑袋必须负责的声音。
He that praises himself spatters himself. 自吹自擂的人会糟蹋自己。
There's no point having wishes if you don't at least try to do them. 如果你不试着去实现愿望，那么实现愿望是没有意义的。 -- Sally Nicholls 莎莉·尼科尔斯
The drum sounds when the hawk appears wit ha rabbit. 当老鹰和兔子一起出现时，鼓就响了。
Precious things are mostly in small compass. 珍贵的东西大都在小范围内。
We are pantheists when we study nature, polytheists when we write poetry, monotheists in our morality. 当我们研究自然时，我们是泛神论者;当我们写诗时，我们是多神论者; -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 约翰·沃尔夫冈·冯·歌德
Last night I lost the world, and gained the universe. 昨晚我失去了世界，却得到了整个宇宙。 -- C. JoyBell C. C.乔贝尔C.
May waters drench peasants and lords or gentlemen, as many of them as it encounters. 愿水能淋透农民、贵族或绅士，无论他们遇到多少人。