It is bad luck to fall out of a thirteenth story window on Friday.

星期五从十三层楼的窗户掉下去是不吉利的。

It is better to ask twice than to go wrong once.

问两次总比错一次好。

It is better to be a live rabbit than a tiger.

做一只活兔子比做一只老虎好。

It is better to be lied about than to lie.

被人欺骗总比说谎好。

It is better to be right than in the majority.

说对了总比占多数强。

It is better to die young at home than to die old in a hospital.

宁可在家中英年早逝，也不要在医院里老去。

It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand.

嘴里少打雷，手里多打雷，效果更好。

It is better to keep peace than to make peace.

维持和平比缔造和平好。

It is better to know nothing than to half-know many things.

什么也不知道总比知道一半好。

It is better to pay and have a little left than to have much and be always in debt.

宁可少还一点，也不要多负一点债。

It is better to sit with a wise man in prison than with a fool in paradise.

宁可在监牢里和智慧人同坐，不在乐园里和愚昧人同坐。

It is better to tell your money where to go than to ask where it went.

告诉你的钱到哪里去比问钱到哪里去要好。

It is easy for a man in health to preach patience to the sick.

健康的人向病人宣扬忍耐是容易的。

It is easy to despise what you can't get.

你很容易轻视你得不到的东西。

It is easy to fool the young wolf.

骗过小狼很容易。