No matter how smart you are, you're smarter if you take the easy ways when they are available. 不管你有多聪明，如果你在可行的时候选择简单的方法，你就会更聪明。 -- Daniel Dennett 丹尼尔·丹尼特
It is unwise for one to think that a hen will ever be accorded respect in the land of the hawks. 认为一只母鸡在鹰的地盘上会受到尊重是不明智的。
Too late do I take up the shield after the wound. 我受伤后拿起盾牌太晚了。
Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf. 人类并不要求我们快乐。它只是要求我们为了它的利益而表现得出色。 -- Orson Scott Card 奥森·斯科特·卡德
Who the daughter would win, with mamma must begin. 女儿要赢谁，就从妈妈开始吧。
There is no silver here: three hundred taels. 这里没有银子，只有三百两银子。
Don't be afraid to fall. Your wings will catch you. 不要害怕跌倒。你的翅膀会抓住你。 -- Katie Kacvinsky 凯蒂·卡文斯基
The ambitious one makes friends with the elephant, then tramples upon the ant. 有野心的人和大象交朋友，然后践踏蚂蚁。