lf you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.
如果你有天赋，勤勉会使其更加完善；如果你能力一般，勤勉会补足缺陷。
A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.
只要一个人还有追求，他就没有老。直到后悔取代了梦想，一个人才算老。
The size of your body is of little account, the size of your brain is of much account, the size of your heart is of the most account of all.
身体的大小无关紧要，头脑的大小非常重要，而最最重要的是心灵的大小。
Happy are the families where the government of parents is the reign of affection, and obedience of the children the submission to love.
幸福的家庭，父母靠慈爱当家，孩子也是出于对父母的爱而顺从大人。
Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them on reading valueless books.
生命是短暂的，生命中的宁静时刻更少，我们不应该浪费时间去读没有价值的书。
Penitence enervates our spirit, causing a greater loss than loss itself and making a bigger mistake than mistake itself, so never regret.
后悔是一种耗费精神的情绪。后悔是比损失更大的损失，比错误更大的错误，所以不要后悔。
Everyone has his inherent potential which is easily concealed by habits, blured by time, and eroded by inertia.
每个人都有潜在的能量，只是很容易被习惯所掩盖、被时间所迷离、被惰性所消磨。
Once we dreamt that we were strangers. We wake up to find that we were dear to each other.
我们一度梦见彼此是陌生人，醒来时发现彼此是相亲相爱的。
I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
我不希望遇到好相处的人，因为我会很喜欢他们，喜欢别人可是件大麻烦。
A woman, especially, if she has the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.
一个女人要是不幸聪明得什么都懂，那就必须同时懂得怎么伪装成什么都不懂。
A ladys imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
女人的思维很有跳跃性：从仰慕到爱慕，从爱慕到结婚都是一眨眼间的事。
That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all.
父亲在家中处于吃力不讨好的位置-﹣所有人的供养者，和所有人的敌人。
Errors, like straws , upon the surface flow; he who would search for pearls must dive below.
错误像稻草，漂浮在水面。欲觅珍珠者，必须往水下潜。
Those who eat most are not always fattest; those who read most, not always wisest.
吃得最多的人不一定最肥胖，读书最多的人不一定最聪明。
Three things soon pass away: the echo of the woods, the rainbow, and womans beauty.
三样东西最易消逝：树林的回响、彩虹和女人的美貌。
lf you are too fortunate , you will not know yourself; if you are too unfortunate, nobody will know you.
运气太好，见人不睬；运气太坏，无人理会。
Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time; a man of talent tries to use it.
普通人只想到如何度过时间，有才能的人设法利用时间。
Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity. So let us seize it, not in fear, but in gladness.
命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。因此，让我们毫无畏惧，满心愉悦地把握命运。
A man can fail many times, but he isnt a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
一个人可以失败许多次，但是只要他没有开始责怪别人，他还不是一个失败者。
We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.
我们必须接受失望，因为它是有限的，但千万不可失去希望，因为它是无穷的。