To pretend to satisfy one's desires with worldly goods is like using straw to put out a fire. 用世俗的财物来满足自己的欲望，就像用稻草来灭火一样。
Behind every novel is a greater story of how it came to be published. 每一部小说的背后都有一个更伟大的故事，讲述它是如何出版的。 -- T.L. Rese T.L.Rese公司
Provision in season makes a rich house. 及时准备使房子富裕。
Fear plants the whisper to beware but doesn't look to see who's there. 恐惧埋下了警惕的种子，却看不见谁在那里。 -- Vanna Bonta 范娜·邦塔
Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 麻烦没有来找你，就别去自找麻烦。
Go not with every ailment to the doctor, with every plea to the lawyer, or with every thirst to the can. 不要带着一切病痛去看医生，带着一切恳求去看律师，带着一切渴望去看医生。
If two doctors visit a sick man, the sexton rings the bells. 如果两个医生去看一个病人，教堂司事就会敲响钟。
Beware of him who has nothing to lose. 当心那些一无所有的人。
I think a moment of critical energy has suddenly emerged. But moments like this come and go unless we seize them at their height. 我认为关键时刻突然出现了。但这样的时刻来了又走，除非我们抓住它们的高峰。 -- Jonathan Kozol 乔纳森·考泽尔