为者常成，行者常至。—— 《晏子春秋》 He who keeps working will achieve his goal; he who keeps walking will arrive at his destination. —— Yanzi’s Spring and Autumn Annals 心译翻译工作室

为富不仁矣，为仁不富矣。—— 《孟子》 Those who seek wealth are not humane; those who devote themselves to humaneness are not wealthy. —— Mencius by Meng Ke  心译翻译工作室

假作真时真亦假，无为有处有还无。——《红楼梦》 Truth becomes fiction when the fiction’s true; Real becomes not-real where the unreal’s real. ——The Story of the Stone, translated by David Hawkes 心译翻译工作室

身后有余忘缩手，眼前无路想回头。——红楼梦 Though plenty was left after death, he forgot to hold his hand back; Only at the end of the road does one think of turning on to the right track. ——The Story of the Stone, translated by David Hawkes 心译翻译工作室

     《关雎》，后妃之德也，《风》之始也，所以风天下而正夫妇也。故用之乡人焉，用之邦国焉。“风”，风也，教也；风以动之，教以化之。       【译文】《关瞧》这首诗，是赞美后妃的品德的，它是《诗经•国风》的第一篇，君王用它来感化普天之下的臣民，端正夫妇的伦理关系...

言之者无罪，闻之者足以戒。——《毛诗序》 He who speaks out is not guilty; he who hears it should take it as a forewarning. —— “Preface” to Mao Poetry  心译翻译工作室

一颗善良的心胜过世界上所有聪明的脑袋。 A good heart is better than all the brains in the world. 心译翻译工作室

开谈不说《红楼梦》，读尽诗书也枉然。——《京师竹枝词》 One can not call himself erudite, without touching upon A Dream of Red Mansions in his talk. ——Folk Ballads of the Capital 心译翻译工作室

人生天地之间，若白驹过郤，忽然而已。——《庄子》 The existence of man between heaven and earth is like a white colt bolting past a chink. —— Zhuangzi by Zhuang Zhou  心译翻译工作室

蚕食桑而所吐者丝，非桑也；蜂采花而所酿者蜜，非花也。——袁枚 Silkworms eat mulberry leaves, but spit out silk instead; honey bees sip at flowers to collect nectar, but they make honey instead. —— Yuan Mei (1716-1798), poet of the Qing Dynasty 心译翻译工作室