1. A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.

    借来的斗篷不暖身。

    2. Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

    相聚爱益切，离别情更深。

    3. A burden of one's choice is not felt.

    自己选的担子不嫌重。

    4. A burnt child dreads the fire.

    一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

    5. A candle lights others and consumes itself.

    蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人。   

Joke of Today

    Our manager at the restaurant where I worked was a much beloved, jovial man. But there was one subject you didn't dare discuss in front of him -- his height. Or, should I say, his lack of it. One day, he stormed through the door and announced angrily, "Someone just picked my pocket!" Most of my fellow waitresses and I were speechless, except for the one who blurted out, "How could anyone stoop so low?"