Better a dog fawn on you than bark at you. 狗巴结你总比对你吠叫好。
Pride is said to be the last vice the good man gets clear of. 据说，骄傲是好人摆脱的最后一种恶习。
He has feather'd his nest, flee when he likes. 他有羽毛做窝，想逃就逃。
The fireside is the tulip bed of a winter day. 火炉边是冬日的郁金香花坛。
The sheik's miracles are those of his own telling. 酋长的奇迹是他自己说的。
A man without luck always goes on foot. 没有运气的人总是步行。
He gets his passage for nothing, and winks to the wife of the captain (of the ship). 他免费得到了一张船票，向船长的妻子眨了眨眼睛。
It is easy for a man in health to preach patience to the sick. 健康的人向病人宣扬忍耐是容易的。
Live truth instead of professing it. 活出真理而不是宣称它。 -- Elbert Hubbard 埃尔伯特·哈伯德