句子使用隐喻表达，将人生比作画布，增强了语言的形象性。
He who acts first meets disaster; he who acts later meets even more.
To defeat oneself is the most tragic failure; to conquer oneself is the most precious victory.
Youth regard honor as wealth, while the elderly regard reputation as life.
The one who accepts a bribe is guilty, but the one who offers it is even more so.
Fulfill your own duties and do not overstep your bounds.
Depressed and lonely women are often at the mercy of marriage and fate.
Life is a chapter composed of punctuation marks.
One must choose one's own path in life.
Life is a blank canvas, drawn by one's own hand.
In the quest through a bumpy life, it is mediocrity, not hardship, that dulls one's spirit. Life is a balance of income, expenditure, and savings: knowledge, struggle, and achievements.
先下手遭殃，后下手更遭殃。
自己打败自己是最可悲的失败，自己战胜自己是最可贵的胜利。
青年视荣誉为财富，老人视声誉为生命。
受贿人有罪，行贿人罪更大。
做好分内之事，不要越俎代庖。
忧郁孤独的女人常受婚姻与命运的摆布。
人生是由标点符号连成的篇章。
人生的路要自己去选择。
人生的白纸全凭自己的笔去描绘。
在坎坷的人生求索中，使人锐气消磨的不是困难，而是庸俗。这就是人生的一种收入、付出和结存：知识、奋斗和成绩。