a burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

　　a clean hand wants no washing. 身正不怕影子斜。

　　a common danger causes common action.同仇敌忾。

　　a contented mind is perpetual feast. 知足常乐。

　　a fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。

　　accidents will happen. 天有不测风云。

　　actions speak louder than words. 事实胜於雄辩。

　　all human wisdom is summed up in two words ?c wait and hope.人类所有的智慧可以归结为两个词 — 等待和希望。—— alexandre dumas pére大仲马

　　apart from tears, only time could wear everything away. while feeling is being processed by time, conflicts would be reconciled as time goes by, just like a cup of tea that is being continuously diluted. 能冲刷一切的除了眼泪，就是 时间 ，以时间来推移感情，时间越长，冲突越淡，仿佛不断稀释的茶

　　complaints are the greatest offerings that god obtains from human beings, as well as the most faithful prayers human beings might utter to god. 怨言是上天得至人类最大的供物，也是人类祷告中最真诚的部分

　　girls always look on themselves as proud princesses, with the exception of a small number of either extremely ugly or exceedingly smart ones. 世上的姑娘总以为自己是骄傲的公主（除了少数极丑和少数极聪明的姑娘例外）

　　i like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.不缅怀过去的历史，而致力于未来的 梦想 。—— t. jefferson 杰弗逊（美国第3任总统）

　　it is not enough to be industrious, so are the ants. what are you industrious for?光勤劳是不够的，蚂蚁也是勤劳的。要看你为什么而勤劳—— h. d. thoreau 梭罗

　　life itself, without the assistance of colleges and universities, is becoming an advanced institution of learning.没有学院和大学的帮助，人生本身也正在变成一所高等学府。 —— thomas alva edison 爱迪生

　　we are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it.我们要尽可能为生活增加一些东西，而不是从中索取什么。—— william osler 奥斯勒

　　wisdom appears in contradiction to itself, which is a trick life plays on philosophy of life. 智慧的代价是矛盾。这是人生对人生观开的玩笑。

　　you have to believe in yourself. that’s the secret of success.人必须相信自己，这是 成功 的秘诀。—— charles chaplin卓别林