The pleasure of love lasts but a moment, The pain of love lasts a lifetime.

爱情的快乐只能持续片刻，爱情的痛苦却能持续一生。

The poor man commands respect; the beggar must always excite anger.

穷人值得尊敬;乞丐总是会引起愤怒。

The reputation of a man is like his shadow; it sometimes follows and sometimes precedes him, it is sometimes longer and sometimes shorter than his natural size.

一个人的名誉就像他的影子;它有时跟在它后面，有时在它前面，有时比它的正常大小长，有时短。

The rich man has more relations than he knows about.

那个富人的亲戚比他所知道的还要多。

The rich man has more relations than he knows.

那个富人的亲戚比他所知道的还要多。

The saint who works no cures has few pilgrims to his shrine.

不治病的圣人很少有朝圣者到他的圣地去。

The saint's-day over, farewell the saint.

圣徒节结束，圣徒再会。

The same heat that melts wax, bakes clay.

同样的热量可以融化蜡，烘烤粘土。

The sea has an enormous thirst and an insatiable appetite.

大海有巨大的干渴和贪得无厌的胃口。

The sea refuses no river.

大海容不下河流。

The seagull sees farthest who flies highest.

飞得最高的海鸥看得最远。

The second blow makes the fray.

第二次打击造成了冲突。

The secret of two is God's secret, the secret of three is everybody's secret.

两个人的秘密是上帝的秘密，三个人的秘密是每个人的秘密。

The servant of the devil does more than is asked for.

魔鬼的仆人所做的，比所要求的还要多。

The sheep on the mountain is higher than the bull on the plain.

山上的羊比平原上的牛高。