Before you ask a man for clothes, look at the clothes that he is wearing. 在你向一个男人要衣服之前，先看看他穿的衣服。
To one who understands, a mosquito is a lute, to one who does not understand, a drum and zurna are little. 对懂得的人来说，蚊子是琵琶;对不懂的人来说，鼓和唢呐是小鼓。
I send thee myrrh, not that thou mayest be by it perfumed, but it perfumed by thee. 我打发没药给你，不是叫你因它发香，乃是叫它因你发香。
Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth. 老年，特别是受人尊敬的老年，具有极大的权威，它比青年时代的一切乐趣更有价值。 -- Marcus Tullius Cicero 西塞罗
And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. 说，我们向你们吹笛，你们不跳舞。我们向你们举哀，你们不举哀。 -- Holy Bible 圣经
It is better to be first with an ugly woman than the hundredth with a beauty. 宁可和丑女人在一起，也不要和美女在一起。 -- Pearl S. Buck 珍珠红
The corridor is hardly ever found in small houses, apart from the verandah, which also serves as a corridor. 除了作为走廊的走廊外，很少有小房子有走廊。 -- Stephen Gardiner 斯蒂芬·加得纳
Remember the wisdom of your ancestors in order to become wise. 记住祖先的智慧，才能成为智者。
Birth is the only remedy against death. 生是对抗死亡的唯一方法。
In my homeland I possess one hundred horses, yet if I go, I go on foot. 我在我的家乡有一百匹马，但我若去，就步行。