Weighty work must be done with few words. 重要的工作必须用寥寥数语来完成。
Mony aunts, mony emes, mony kin, but few friends. 我有许多姑母、姑母、亲戚，但朋友很少。
God take you, pound (of flax), drunk out and not yet spun. 上帝带你去吧，一磅(亚麻)，醉了还没纺。
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous possessive love that grabs at what it can. 生命是如此美丽，以至于死亡也爱上了它，一种嫉妒的占有欲极强的爱，抓住了它所能抓住的一切。 -- Yann Martel 扬·马泰尔
We've become a plastic society. 我们已经成为一个塑料社会。 -- Bill Janklow 詹克洛
A mere friend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue. 一个普通的朋友会同意你的观点，但是一个真正的朋友会争辩。
We have reached the point where ignorance and neglect are the best we can hope for in a ruler. 我们已经到了这样一个地步，无知和忽视是我们对统治者最大的希望。 -- Lev Grossman 列夫·格罗斯曼
I would rather have a dog as a friend than an enemy. 我宁愿有一条狗做我的朋友，也不愿有一条狗做我的敌人。
One should watch out for a very trifling or lame reason given for something that has been done. 对于已经做过的某件事，人们应该注意一个非常琐碎或站不住脚的理由。
The one who loves the least, controls the relationship. 谁爱得最少，谁就控制着这段关系。 -- Dr. Robert Anthony 罗伯特·安东尼博士