A wise man wavers, a fool is fixed. 智者踌躇不前，愚者固执己见。
A spider's cobweb isn't only its sleeping spring but also its food trap. 蜘蛛的蜘蛛网不仅是它沉睡的春天，也是它的食物陷阱。
Hunger's gude kitchen to a cauld potato, but a wet divot to the lowe o' love. 饥饿把厨房变成了一个填满了锅的土豆，而把它变成了爱情的露宿地。
The world is not threatened by people who are evil, but of those who allow evil. 这个世界不是被邪恶的人所威胁，而是被那些允许邪恶的人所威胁。 -- Albert Einstein 爱因斯坦
I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari. 有时候，当人们宁愿要一本书也不愿要一辆新的法拉利时，我确实会把书作为礼物送人。 -- Dean Koontz 迪恩·孔茨
To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You have only to push aside the curtain. 走进大自然的壁炉不需要花一分钱。没有人被排除在外，只有他自己被排除在外。你只要把窗帘推开就行了。 -- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗
Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. 智慧永远胜过力量。 -- Phil Jackson 菲尔-杰克逊
To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile. 获得权力就是玷污。占有就是玷污。 -- Simone Weil 西蒙娜·韦伊
What is true by firelight is not always true by daylight. 在火光下是对的，在白天未必总是对的。