2.The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.具有新想法的人在其想法實現之前是個怪人。-Mark Twain( (美國作家馬克?吐溫)
3.Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.對於大多數人來說,他們認定自己有多幸福,就有多幸福。-Abraham Lincoln(美國總統林肯)
4.The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.痛苦的秘密在於有閑功夫擔心自己是否幸福。-George Bernard Shaw(英國劇作家 肖伯納)
5.The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them. -Bernard Shaw(英國劇作家肖伯納)在這個世界上取得成就的人,都努力去尋找他們想要的機會,如果找不到機會,他們便自己創造機會。
6.If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.想要懂得今天,就必須探究昨天。-Pearl Buck(美國女作家賽珍珠)
7.You have to believe in yourself. That\'s the secret of success.人必須有自信,這是成功的秘密。-Charles Chaplin(英國電影藝術家 卓別林)
8.I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards我走得很慢,但是我從來不會後退。-Abraham Lincoln(美國總統 林肯)
9.The important thing in life is to have a great aim ,and the determination to attain it.人生重要的事情就是確定壹個偉大的目標,並決心實現它。-Johan Wolfgang von Goethe(德國詩人、戲劇家 歌德)
10.To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune要真正了解壹個人,需在不幸中考察他。-Napoleon(法國皇帝 拿破侖)
11The sting of a reproach,is the truth of it. 指責帶給妳刺痛,正是它的忠實之處。
12Virtue and happiness are mother and daugher. 美德和幸福猶如母女。
13TAll mankind are beholden to him that is kind to the good. 行善者,人人銘記之。
14It’s the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself. 自欺是世上最易之事。
’15Tis easier to prevent bad hadits than to breadk them. 防止染上惡習遠比消除惡習容易。
An old man in a house is a good sign. 家中有老是壹個好跡象。
Speak with contempt of none,form slave to king,the meanest bee,and will use,a sting. 別用言詞貶低任何人,無論國王還是奴隸。最卑戝的蜜蜂也 甜.
Beware,beware!he’ll cheat’ithout scruple,who can without fear. 當心,當心!行騙而無所畏懼者,也將無所顧慮。
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults.or resolution enough to mend them! 承認並改正錯誤,需要有足夠的勇氣和決心
If thou dost ill,the joy fades,not the pains;if well,the pain doth fade,the joy remains. 妳若作惡,消失的是快樂而非痛苦;妳若行善,消失的
Trick and treachery are the practice if fools,that have not wit enough to be honest. 傻瓜習慣於詭計和背判的伎倆,他們還沒聰明到學會真誠待人
Great beauty,great stength,and great riches,are really and truly of no great use;a right heart exceeds all. 貌美,力大,有錢,實無大益;壹
Let our fathers and garandfathers be valued for their goodness,ourselves for our own. 讓父親和祖輩因他們的善行受到尊重,讓我們因我們自己的
Thirst after desert,not reward. 渴求美德而非獎賞。
If thou injurest conscience,it will have its revenge on thee. 傷害良心,將受到良心的嚴懲。
If thou wouldest live long,live well;for folly and wickedness shorten life. 若欲求長壽,生活須行善,因為蠢行和邪惡會把生命縮短。
Each year one vicious habit rooted out,in time minght make the worst man good throughout. 每年根除壹惡習,惡根亦會成完人。
None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault,or acknowledge himself in an error. 唯有有教養者方知如何承認錯誤,或意識到自己行為
If you do what you should not,you must hear what you would not. 若做了不應做之事,則必然會聽見不願聽之語。
Let thy vices die before thee. 讓惡習先妳死去。
Act uprightly,and despise calumny.Dirt may stick to a mud wall,but not polish’d marble. 為人正直的就不懼誹謗:汙物可以沾到泥墻上,卻附不
An honest man will receive neither money nor praise,that is not his due. 正直的人既不收受他人的錢財,也不接受他人的奉承,這些都不是他應得的
The honest man takes pains,and then enjoys pleasure,the knave takes pleasure,and then suffers pains. 正直的人先經歷痛苦,然後享受歡樂;無賴
He that doth what he should not,shall feel what he would not. 若做了不應該做的事,則將產生自己所不希望有的感覺。
The goodwill of the governed will be starv’d,if not fed by the good deeds of the governors. 被統治者的良好願望,若無統治者的善待,亦會餓死
The brave and the wise can both pity and excuse,when cowards and fools shew no mercy. 勇者和智者均有同情諒解之心,而懦夫和愚者則毫無憐憫之
Calamity and prisperity are the touchstones of integrity. 不幸與幸運都是正直的試金石。
Who judges best of a man,his enemies or himself? 誰能最恰當地評價壹個人,他的敵人還是他自己?
Cunning proceeds from want of capacity. 狡詐出自於能力的缺乏。
You may be too cunning for one,but not for all. 蒙騙得了壹人,但蒙騙不了所有的人。
Clean your finger,before you point at my spots. 先洗浄妳的手指,再指出我的汙跡。
He that can bear a reproof,and mend by it,if he is not wise,is in a fair way of being so. 能承受責備並據此改過者,若不算是智者,也距之不遠.
Tis hard to be poor and honest:An empty sack can hardly stand upright,but if it does,’tis a stout one! 要做到貧窮而又誠實實在不容易
Keep conscience clear,then never fear. 問心無愧,永無畏懼。
When you’re good to others,you are best to yourself. 善待他人,即是最善待自己。
What is serving God?’Tis doing good to man. 什麽才算是為上帝奉獻?即對人行善。
A quite conscience sleeps in thunder,but rest and guilt live far adunder. 平靜的良心能在雷聲中入睡,而安寧和負罪則無法毗鄰。
There is no man so bad,but he secretly respects the good. 再壞的人都會暗自敬重好人。
A true great man will neither trample on a worm,nor sneak to an emperpor. 真正的偉人既不大肆踐踏小人物,也不會在皇帝面前奴顏卑膝。
Do me the favour to deny me at once. 立即把我拒絕,以此給我恩惠。
You may be more happy than pinces,if you will be more virtuous. 如果妳能多做善事,妳會比王子還要幸福。
Who has deceiv’d thee so oft as thy self? 欺騙妳的莫過於自己。
Nothing so popular as goodness. 最的歡迎的是善行。
Don’t misinform your doctor nor your lawyer. 別向醫生和律師提供錯誤的消息。
A good lawyar a bad neighbour. 好律師壞鄰居。
The excellency of hogs is fatness,of men virtue. 豬的優點在於肥壯,人的優點在於美德。
Don’t throw stones at your neightbours,if your own windows are glass. 假如妳家的窗戶是玻璃做的,別用石頭打妳的鄰居。
Keep flax from fire,youth from gaming. 亞麻遠離火苗,青年遠離賭博。
One mend-fault is worth two find-faults,but one find-fault is better than two make-faults. 壹個改正之錯相當於兩個發現之錯,但壹個發現之錯好
The sun never repents of the good he does,nor does he ever demand a recompence. 太陽絕不為它所做的善事後悔,也從不指望任何報酬。