To open a business is very easy; to keep it open is very difficult.

创业很容易;保持开放是非常困难的。

To open a shop is easy -- the hard part is keeping it open.

开一家商店很容易——难的是保持它的营业。

To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art.

开一家商店很容易，保持它的营业是一门艺术。

To persecute the unfortunate is like throwing stones on one fallen into a well.

迫害不幸的人就像向掉进井里的人扔石头。

To pretend to satisfy one's desires with worldly goods is like using straw to put out a fire.

用世俗的财物来满足自己的欲望，就像用稻草来灭火一样。

To scrape the light off one's face.

擦去脸上的光

To serve a prince is like sleeping with a tiger.

侍奉王子就像和老虎睡觉一样。

To stop drinking, study a drunkard when you are sober.

要想戒酒，在你清醒的时候研究一个醉汉。

To talk goodness is not good . . . only to do it is.

说善良是不好的……只有这样做才是。

To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.

多说而无所成，犹如爬树捉鱼。

To tell only half the truth is to give life to a new lie.

只讲一半的真话就等于给一个新的谎言以生命。

To understand your parents' love bear your own children.

要理解父母的爱，就要生自己的孩子。

To understand your parents' love you must raise children yourself.

要理解父母的爱，你必须自己抚养孩子。

To violate the law is the same crime in the emperor as in the subject.

犯法在皇帝身上和在臣民身上是同样的罪行。

Today's beneficiary is the incarnation of his preexisting well-doer; the fate of one's next existence lies in his existence today.

今天的受益人是他先前的行善者的化身;一个人未来的命运就在于他今天的存在。