A woman's advice has little value, but he who won't take it is a fool. 女人的忠告没有什么价值，但不听劝告的人是傻瓜。 -- Miguel de Cervantes 塞万提斯
God deliver us from a gentleman by day and a friar by night. 上帝白天救我们脱离绅士，晚上救我们脱离修士。
We speak, but it is God who teaches. 我们说话，乃是神教导我们。 -- Augustine of Hippo 河马的奥古斯丁
He is looking out for a fig. [He is planning for himself.] 他是在自谋生路。
The mouth that eats pepper is the one that the pepper influences. 吃辣椒的嘴是受辣椒影响的嘴。
The tree of silence bears the fruit of peace. 沉默之树结出和平之果。
There are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother's age. 孩子们愿意分享的只有两件事:传染病和母亲的年龄。 -- Benjamin Spock 本杰明·斯波克
A child while bathing only scrubs its stomach. 孩子洗澡时只擦洗胃。
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems. 我们所做的和我们所能做的之间的差别足以解决世界上的大多数问题。 -- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 甘地