临官莫如平，临财莫如廉。

对不起，我不愿意与同事发生男女关系，上班时候见的是这些人，下班还是这些人，比结婚还惨。

亦舒

余秋雨

我自命不凡，不知高低。相反，却又十分害羞，我的羞耻感来源于对自身无能的判断，另一方面，当我看到周围那些比我更蠢的人却不自知，不由得怒火中烧，以至形如斗犬，只要听到他们说话便要出口驳斥而不问就里，而出口说完之际，我又总是感到后悔，总之，我忽高忽低，忽上忽下，头脑混乱，自相矛盾。

石康

这种想象力的第一个成果——以及体现它的社会科学的第一个教训——是个人只有将自己定位在他的时代中，才能理解自己的经历并衡量自己的命运，只有意识到他所在环境中所有个体的机会，他才能知道自己的生活机会。

The first fruit of this imagination—and the first lesson of the social science that embodies it—is the idea that the individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only by locating himself within his period, that he can know his own chances in life only by becoming aware of those of all individuals in his circumstances.

赖特·米尔斯

一流的生活不是富有，而是觉知。

周岭

I sometimes think that God in creating man, somewhat overestimated His ability.

我有时候会想，上帝在造人时，似乎高估了她自己的能力。

奥斯卡·王尔德

偷来钱，两三天；血汗钱，万万年。

谚语

天地之功，莫大于土。

翻译：强调了土地在农业生产中的基础性作用，是万物生长之根本。

宋应星

Time wounds all deals, sometimes even fatally. Often the longer you wait, the more surprises await you. In tough negotiations especially, keep everyone at the table long enough to reach an agreement.