贫家而学富家衣食多用，则速亡必矣。
贫家如果要仿效富家的穿衣吃饭及庞大的花费，那就一定会很快招致灭亡。
我不想只是一个漂亮的脸蛋。我想要有事业，并因我的才华而闻名。
用黄金打造的船不能在波涛汹涌的江面上航行，用玉雕琢的马不能驰骋在千里路途上。
Life is a gift, don’t waste it.
Old paint on canvas, as it ages, sometimes becomes transparent. When that happens it is possible, in some pictures, to see the original lines: a tree will show through a woman's dress, a child makes way for a dog, a large boat is no longer on an open sea. That is called pentimento because the painter 'repented,' changed his mind. Perhaps it would be as well to say that the old conception, replaced by a later choice, is a way of seeing and then seeing again.