Good prose is written only face to face with poetry. 好的散文只有与诗歌面对面才能写出来。 -- Friedrich Nietzsche 弗里德里希·尼采
A good friend you get for nothing, an enemy you have to buy. 一个不花钱就能得到的好朋友，一个不得不花钱买来的敌人。
The punishment of a liar is that he is never believed, even when he speaks the truth. 对说谎者的惩罚是，即使他说的是真话，也没有人相信。
You always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win. 当你输的时候，你学到的东西总是比你赢的时候多得多。
Some people are electrifying, they light up a room when they leave. 有些人正在通电，他们离开时点亮了一个房间。
The only guaranteed way to be a genius is to surround yourself with idiots. 成为天才的唯一保证就是让自己被白痴包围。 -- Ziad Abdelnour 齐亚德·阿卜杜勒努尔
He writes with an iron pen. [That which he writes will not be easily altered.] 他用铁笔写字。(他写的东西不会轻易改动。)
In a small house God has His corner; in a big house, He has to stand in the hall. 在小屋里，上帝有他的角落;在大房子里，他必须站在大厅里。
A lazy man plants on a mad bark as an excuse for not planting. 懒惰的人把疯长的树皮当不种的借口。
No cloth can be better than your skin. 没有比你的皮肤更好的衣服了。