They build houses but shall not inhabit them. 他们建造房屋，却不得住在其内。
There is nothing pleasanter than spading when the ground is soft and damp. 当地面又软又湿的时候，没有什么比铲地更愉快的了。 -- John Steinbeck 约翰·斯坦贝克
Talk little and well, and you will be looked upon as somebody. 少说空话，多做工作，别人就会把你看成一个了不起的人。
If you don't collect the sheep early, you get neither the sheep nor the wool. 如果你不早点收羊，你既得不到羊也得不到羊毛。
Don't give cherries to a pig; don't give advice to a fool. 不要把樱桃给猪吃;不要给傻瓜忠告。
Anythin' for a quiet life, as the man said when he took the situation at the lighthouse. 只要能过上平静的生活，什么都可以，就像那个人在灯塔接受采访时说的那样。 -- Charles Dickens 查尔斯·狄更斯
Two coins in a purse make more noise than a hundred. 钱包里的两枚硬币比一百枚硬币更响。
The hatred of knaves is to be preferred to their company. 对无赖的仇恨比与他们为伍更可取。
I'm older than myself. At least I will be, once my clone gets here. 我比我自己大。至少我会，一旦我的克隆人来了。 -- Jarod Kintz 贾罗德·金茨