青菜萝卜各有所好
酒香不怕巷子深
盲人国里，独眼称王
过犹不及
若要和平，就得时刻准备战斗
君子动口不动手
不要插手树和树皮的事。（清官难断家务事）
言多而无废话，难！ ——路易十四
生活不是劳作，不断劳作会使人发疯。——戴高乐
Surely, man is a wonderfull, vaine, divers and wavering subject.（里面两个词原文如此，照抄）蒙田（1533-1592）*

如果有人问我为什么爱他，我觉得我只能如此回答：“因为是他，因为是我。”——蒙田
If a man urge me to tell wherefore I love him, I feel that it cannot be expressed but by answering, "Because it was he, because it was myself." -Montaigne

婚姻可与鸟笼相比，外面的鸟想进去，里面的想出来。——蒙田
It [marriage] may be compared to a cage, the birds without try desperately to get in, and those within try desperately to get out. -Montaigne

人最可悲的是没有知识和不能自我约束。——蒙田
The worst estate of man, is where he loseth the knowledge and government of himself. - Montaigne

活到老，学到老。——蒙田
A man may always continue his study, but not schooling. -Montaigne

每个人都包括人类的整个形式。——蒙田
Every man bears the whole stamp of human condition.-Montaigne

拉丁格言：荣誉会败坏人的本性

当人们直面人生时，人生似乎在张皇失措，逃之夭夭。 ——罗歇·尼米埃《蓝色轻骑兵》

前总统蓬皮肚曾经对法兰西学院院士让·迪图尔说过：“法国的烦恼在于它已经不再有敌人”

患难之中见真情
A friend in need is a friend indeed.