Don't tell your important secret to your friend because your friend has his other friends as well. 不要把你的重要秘密告诉你的朋友，因为你的朋友也有他的其他朋友。
I would imagine that if you could understand Morse code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy. 我可以想象，如果你能理解莫尔斯电码，踢踏舞会让你发疯。 -- Mitch Hedberg 米奇·赫德伯格
It's pointless to fish if there's no bait on the hook. 如果鱼钩上没有饵，钓鱼就没有意义了。
An ant's nest could bring down a hill. 一只蚂蚁的窝能把一座山打下来。
Take counsel before it goes ill, lest it go worse. 在事情变坏之前要考虑一下，以免事情变得更糟。
Associate with the good and you will be one of them. 与好人交往，你就会成为他们中的一员。
Much more wretched than lack of health in the body, it is to dwell with a soul that is not healthy, but corrupt. 身体不健康比身体不健康更可悲的是，与一个不健康却败坏了的灵魂同住。 -- Plato 柏拉图
If you do not fill up a crack, you will have to build a wall. 如果你不把裂缝填满，你就得建一堵墙。
Even if the whole world conspired against you -- that would not inflict a quarter of the harm you inflict yourself. 即使全世界都联合起来反对你——那也抵不上你自己所受的伤害的四分之一。