Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

  • -- Benjamin Franklin 本杰明富兰克林

法律太温和,很少有人遵守;太严厉,很少执行。

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A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string.

善意的话语很少是徒劳的,而机智的话语就像从断了的绳子上滑落的珍珠一样容易丢失。

I think that the 'laws of nature' are also prone to evolve; I think they are more like habits than laws.

我认为“自然法则”也容易进化;我认为它们更像是习惯而不是法律。

Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.

礼仪是所有法律中最不重要的,但它却是最严格遵守的法律。

What will not woman, gentle woman dare; when strong affection stirs her spirit up?

什么女人不敢,温柔的女人不敢;当强烈的感情激起她的精神时?

No one knows like a woman how to say things which are at once gentle and deep.

没有人比女人更懂得怎样既温柔又深沉地说话。

Quick and well seldom go together.

欲速则不达。