The stone is hard and the drop is small, but a hole is made by the constant fall. 石头是硬的，水滴是小的，但一个洞是由不断下降。
Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them. 我们的主要缺点是，我们更喜欢谈论而不是做事情。 -- Jawaharlal Nehru 尼赫鲁
Differing in words, not in reality. [A verbal, not an actual difference.] 语言不同，但事实并非如此。(口头上的，不是实际的区别。)
Thank goodness, we can choose our friends. We have to take our relatives as they are, and be thankful. 谢天谢地，我们可以选择朋友。我们必须接受亲人的本来面目，并心存感激。 -- L.M. Montgomery L.M.蒙哥马利
You cannot fight a fire with water from far away. 远水救不了近火。
Everything in the past died yesterday, and everything in the future is born today. 过去的都是昨天死的，未来的都是今天生的。
Corruptly acquired goods are not praised by the third heirs. 贪赃枉法得来的财物不会得到第三继承人的赞扬。
Confidence is a plant of slow growth. 信心是一种生长缓慢的植物。
I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're goin', and hook up with them later. 我厌倦了追逐我的梦想。我只是想问问他们要去哪里，然后再和他们勾搭。 -- Mitch Hedberg 米奇·赫德伯格
Debts cause both cheeks to become black. 欠债使双颊发黑。