窮理查教你「讀心術」
上帝時時行奇蹟；看哪！有一個誠實的律師在這裡！
God works wonders now & then; Behold! a Lawyer, an honest Man!
為富不仁者，好比肥山豬，你要他付出，除非進棺木。
A rich rogue, is like a fat hog, who never does good til as dead as a log.
窮理查教你「丟掉壞習慣」
愈愛唱高調，愈是辦不到。
Great Talkers, little Doers.
某人有匹馬，勉強剩一眼，硬要換匹馬，全都看不見。
He has chang'd his one ey'd horse for a blind one.
古代的詩人寫得好，時間會將一切都吞盡；只是改朝又換代，現代的人只知狂喝又痛飲。
Time eateth all things, could old Poets say; The Times are chang'd, our times drink all away.
窮理查教你「給對愛不怕寵壞孩子」
偉人命雖好，可惜子孫傳不到。
The favour of the Great is no inheritance.
生前就將所有財產給兒子，一毛也不留；噢，蠢老頭！那好比脫光身子才上床。
The old Man has given all to his Son: O fool! to undress thy self before thou art going to bed.
窮理查教你「健康自己來」
吃藥多沒效，良醫最知道。
He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most medicines.
起司、鹹豬肉，儘量要少碰。
Cheese and salt meat, should be sparingly eat.
＊作者班傑明•富蘭克林Benjamin Franklin（1706.1.17～1790.04.17），著名的政治家、外交官、科學家，同時是一名傑出的出版商、作家。1732年以窮查理之名出版自己編寫的年曆，沒想到，《窮理查年鑑》上市3週就連3刷，之後更連續編了25年，成為當時僅次於《聖經》的超級暢銷書，幾乎家家書架上都有一本。
