1、有一個道學先生，正緩步走著，突然遇雨，他急忙跑起來。跑了幾步他悔恨道：“亂跑有失尊嚴。君子之人，犯了過失，應當不怕改悔。”於是他冒著雨，又回到開始跑步的地方，從容安穩地走起來。

2、布朗先生在街上散步，有個人問路說，附近有書店嗎?怎麼走?布朗先生說有啊，從這往前走，過一座橋往右轉就到了。那人又問，橋有多長?布朗先生說大約30米。那人謝過走了一會兒，忽然聽到布朗先生在後面喊他，說，我剛才說的30米長不對，是40米，你走30米向右轉的話，你就會掉到河裡去的!

英文原文:

Mr Black likes to be exact .One day he is walking in the street, a man comes over and asks him. "Excuse me,is there a bookshop near here?" "Near here? Bookshop? You have to go across a bridge and then turn to the right . ”" And how long is the bridge?" " It's about thirsty meters .”The man thanks him and walks to the bridge. But suddenly，he hears someone running after him . "Stop,stop!" Mr Black is shouting behind. " I'm very sorry . The bridge is not thirty meters long. It's forty!If you go thirty meters and then turn to the right, as I told you to do, you'll fall into the river. "