When you drink milk under the palm tree, people will say that it is palm wine.

当你在棕榈树下喝牛奶时，人们会说这是棕榈酒。

When you have an ass for a friend, expect nothing but kicks.

当你为朋友备好屁股时，别指望别人会踢你。

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a manner that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.

当你出生的时候，你哭了，全世界都为你高兴。以这样一种方式生活:当你死去时，世界为你哭泣，你欣喜。

Where the needle goes, the thread follows.

针到哪里，线就到哪里。

Where the sun shines, there is also shade.

哪里有阳光，哪里就有阴影。

Where there is a glut of words, there is a dearth of intelligence.

哪里有大量的词汇，哪里就缺乏智慧。

Who is blind? He who can see no other world. Who is dumb? He who can say nothing pleasant about his lot. Who is poor? He who is troubled with too many desires. Who is rich? He who is happy with his lot

谁是盲目?看不见别的世界的人。谁是愚蠢的?谁能对自己的命运说三道四?谁是穷人?被太多欲望困扰的人。谁是富人?安于现状的人

Whoever eats a pancake never counts the holes in it.

吃煎饼的人从不数上面的洞。

Why save when your son is a good son? Why save when your son is a bad son?

既然你的儿子是一个好儿子，为什么还要攒钱?当你的儿子是一个坏儿子时，为什么要存钱?

Without love everything is in vain.

没有爱，一切都是徒劳的。

Without men in the neighborhood all the women are chaste.

没有男人在附近，所有的女人都是贞洁的。

Worldly prosperity is like writing on water.

世间的繁荣就像写在水上的东西。

You can never enter the same river twice.

你不可能两次进入同一条河。

You can often find in rivers what you cannot find in oceans.

你经常能在河里找到你在海洋里找不到的东西。

You can only lean against that which resists.

你只能依靠那些反抗者。