Your most faithful friends are your own hands. 你最忠实的朋友是你自己的双手。
If your husband has many wives, the only sure way for him into you're the bedroom is through a delicious meal. 如果你的丈夫有很多妻子，那么让他进入你卧室的唯一方法就是吃一顿美味的饭。
History it seemed could be something entirely different a splash of blood whose agony didn't fade overnight or over centuries. 历史似乎可以是完全不同的一种东西，一抹鲜血，它的痛苦不会在一夜之间或几个世纪之后消失。 -- Elizabeth Kostova 伊丽莎白·科斯托娃
Schnapps is schnapps and business is business. 杜松子酒就是杜松子酒，生意就是生意。
How life teaches us, breaks us, rewards us, and tears us apart... how it lifts us up and bring us down... the wonder of life. 生活如何教导我们，如何拆散我们，如何回报我们，如何撕裂我们……它是如何把我们高高举起，又把我们拉下……生命的奇迹。 -- Marwa Ayad 马瓦·阿亚德
When the blind one carries the lame one, both of them gets ahead. 瞎子抬着瘸子，两个人都走在前头。
As long as you are wearing a hat made out of shingles, you'll always have a roof over your head. 只要你戴着一顶用瓦片做成的帽子，你的头上就永远有一个屋顶。 -- Jarod Kintz 贾罗德·金茨
An overcrowded chicken farm produce fewer eggs. 过于拥挤的养鸡场生产的鸡蛋更少。
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. 名字有什么关系?我们把玫瑰叫做别的名字，它还是照样芳香。 -- William Shakespeare 威廉·莎士比亚