As the tree, so the fruit; as the mistress, so the maid. 有树必有果;女主人怎样，女仆也怎样。
Find the gift in the little things. 从小事中寻找礼物。 -- Lisa Schroeder 丽莎施罗德
A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner. 平静的海面造就不了纯熟的水手。
Better to struggle with a sick jackass than carry the wood by yourself. 与其一个人扛木头，不如和一头病驴搏斗。
Youth spent freely, old age spent in poverty. 青年挥霍无度，老年贫困潦倒。
No one is so tall that he never needs to stretch, and no one is so short that he never needs to stoop. 没有人高到不需要伸展的地步，也没有人矮到不需要弯腰驼背的地步。
Be content and do not heed the goadings of ambitions. 要知足，不要理会野心的刺激。
People seem to get used to anything, and it is a short step from adaptation to attachment. 人们似乎已经习惯了一切，从适应到依恋是一个很短的过程。 -- Lionel Shriver 莱昂内尔·施赖弗
Better to be off with the old love before we be on with the new. 与其和旧爱在一起，不如和新爱在一起。
Be the day weary or be the day long, at last it ringeth to evensong. 无论白天是疲惫的还是漫长的，它终将在黄昏时分响起。