It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the rest of the community. 任何可获得的净收益，无论付出任何代价，也无论对社区的其他成员承担任何风险，都是明智的做法。 -- Thorstein Veblen 凡勃伦
What I wanted to do was see if we couldn't balance the budget. 我想做的是看看我们能否平衡预算。 -- Wilbur Mills 威尔伯·米尔斯
Quiet people, whether wise or dull, get the benefit of the doubt. 安静的人，无论是聪明的还是迟钝的，都会从怀疑中获益。
How cruelly sweet are the echoes that start, When memory plays an old tune on the heart. 当回忆在心中奏起一首古老的曲子时，开始的回声是多么残酷而甜美。 -- Eliza Cook 伊丽莎·库克
The rich man has his ice in the summer and the poor man gets his in the winter. 富人夏天有冰，穷人冬天有冰。
Without eating and drinking the hero is no good. 英雄不吃不喝是不行的。
Patience is the companion of wisdom. 耐心是智慧的伴侣。 -- Augustine of Hippo 河马的奥古斯丁
I hate it when realism intrudes on my dreams. 我讨厌现实主义闯入我的梦境。 -- Danielle Ackley-McPhail 丹尼尔·艾克利·麦克海尔
Be peaceful yet vigilant -- a sheep will bite someone without a stick. 保持平和但警惕——羊不用棍子就会咬人。
The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error. 河流流向海洋的速度不如人类流向错误的速度快。 -- Francois Marie Arouet 阿鲁埃