占小便宜吃大亏，仗小聪明无大成。
译文：贪图小利终究会吃大亏，仗着自己聪明终究不会有大的成功。赏析：见小利则大事不成，机关算尽太聪明，反误了卿卿性命。虚名小利只会影响我们前行的视野，认为自己最聪明，就会忘乎所以，事情就难以成功。
人生は、小さな幸せの積み重ねでできている。
Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.
The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
In general， the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.
A painting must be beautiful in itself, not because it represents something beautiful.