An empty house is better than a bad tenant. 空房子总比坏房客强。
Good thongs may be cut out of other people's hides. 好皮带可以从别人的皮上剪下来。
I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict. 我劝你们也要参与那大争战，就是人生的争战，比地上一切的争战更大。 -- Plato 柏拉图
When a poor man gets something he boasts of his new wealth. 穷人得到某样东西时，就会夸耀自己的新财富。
The human person finds his perfection "in seeking and loving what is true and good. 人类发现他的完美“在寻找和爱什么是真实的和好的。 -- Pope Benedict XVI 教皇本笃十六世
What is the student but a lover courting a fickle mistress who ever eludes his grasp? 学生不就是一个追求一个反复无常的情妇的情人吗? -- William Osler 威廉·奥斯勒
All ships leak: some amidships, some in the bows, some in the hold. 所有的船都会漏水:有的在船中部，有的在船头，有的在舱里。
Too late the bird cries out when it is caught. 太晚了，鸟被抓住时就叫了出来。
You only find yourself when you disobey. Disobedience is the beginning of responsibility, I think. 只有当你不服从时，你才会发现自己。我认为，不服从是责任的开始。 -- Guillermo del Toro 吉勒莫·德尔·托罗
It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on this earth. 值得注意的是，许多人生来就奇怪地不适应这个世界上等待着他们的命运。 -- Joseph Conrad 约瑟夫·康拉德