Thorns and roses grow on the same tree. 荆棘和玫瑰长在同一棵树上。
A second marriage is like a warmed-up meal. 第二次婚姻就像一顿温热的饭。
Yearning is not only a good way to go crazy but also a pretty good place to hide out from hard truth. 渴望不仅是发疯的好方法，也是逃避残酷事实的好地方。 -- Claude Bissell 克劳德·比塞尔
Everyone is good to a dying man – how good we would be to each other if we fully realized that we were all dying. 每个人都对一个垂死的人好——如果我们完全意识到我们都将死去，我们会对彼此有多好。 -- Shraga Silverstein 施拉格·西尔弗斯坦
Memory for most is a kind of afterlife; for my mother, it is another form of life. 回忆对于大多数人来说是一种来世;对我母亲来说，这是另一种生活方式。 -- Fern Schumer Chapman 弗恩·舒默·查普曼
Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign. 偶然是上帝的假名，当他不想签名时。 -- Anatole France 阿纳托尔·法朗士
The teeth that stink together are the ones to bite the meat. 一起发臭的牙齿是咬肉的。
He is niggardly towards his family, but beneficent towards strangers. 他对家人很小气，但对陌生人却很慷慨。
No matter how hot your anger may be it cannot cook. 不管你的愤怒有多强烈，它都无法烹饪。
Things are not as they are, but as they are regarded. 事物不是它们本来的样子，而是它们被看待的样子。