Many kings and emperors used silver chopsticks to see if their food was poisoned.
许多帝王用银制的筷子以检查他们的食物中是否被人投了毒。
The (or A) beggar may sing before the thief (or footbad).
既是穷光蛋,何虑窃贼偷。
Greater too than we can describe; for language, which was invented to convey the meanings of this world, cannot readily be fitted to the uses of another.