He who eats and puts by, has sufficient for two meals. 吃得凑合着吃，就有两顿饭吃。
Time heals old pain, while it creates new ones. 时间治愈了旧的痛苦，同时也创造了新的痛苦。
Defiance means you got somebody with power over you. 反抗意味着你有一个人可以控制你。 -- Pearl Cleage 珍珠劈理
Who has many comforts and does not use them, won't find a confessor who will grant him absolution. 有许多安慰而不加以利用的人，是找不到愿意赦免他的忏悔者的。
Marry your son when you please, your daughter when you can. 你愿意什么时候嫁给儿子就什么时候嫁给女儿就什么时候嫁给女儿。
Death, he had come to believe, was a corrosive thing, and the more he was around it , the more it gnawed away at who he was. 他渐渐相信，死亡是一种具有腐蚀性的东西，他越是置身于死亡的周围，死亡就越侵蚀他的人格。 -- Christopher Paolini 克里斯托弗·鲍里尼
In spite of all our speeding it's still the style to be late. 尽管我们超速行驶，但迟到仍然是一种风尚。 -- Kin Hubbard 金·哈伯德
Light a candle for God and another for the devil. 为上帝点一根蜡烛，为魔鬼点另一根。
Quiet people are well able to look after themselves. 安静的人很能照顾自己。
A wise man sees the path all must walk and embraces the free will of humankind, even if to watch it unfold causes him pain. 一个明智的人看到所有人都必须走的路，并拥抱人类的自由意志，即使看着它展开会让他痛苦。 -- Colleen Houck 柯琳·霍克