Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime, and a fool's excuse for failure.
命運是暴君施虐的權威，傻瓜失敗的藉口。(比爾斯)
Have no fear of perfection ---- you'll never reach it.
不要爲十全十美擔心——你永遠作不到十全十美。(達裏)
The sum of behaviour is to retain a man's own dignity, without intruding upon the liberty of others.
人的行爲準則是，維護自己的尊嚴，不妨礙他人的自由。(培根)
One may overcome a thousand men in battle, but he who conquers himself is the greatest victor.
一個人能在戰場上制勝千軍，但只有戰勝自己纔是最偉大的勝利者。(尼赫魯)
The greater the man, the more restrained his anger.
人越偉大，越能剋制怒火。(奧維德)
It is easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.
爲原則而鬥爭容易，按原則的要求活着難。(史蒂文森)
There is nothing permanent except change.
惟有變化纔是永恆的。(赫拉克利特)
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
想要收穫自由之果的人，必須承受維護自由的勞苦。(潘恩)
No road of flowers lead to glory.
沒有一條通向光榮的道路是鋪滿鮮花的。(拉封丹)
Do not, for one repulse, forgo the purpose that you resolved to effort.
不要只因一次挫敗，就放棄你原來決心想達到的目的。(莎士比亞)
The man who has made up his mind to win will never say " Impossible".
凡是決心取得勝利的人是從來不說“不可能”的。(拿破崙)
Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them.
奇蹟有時候是會發生的，但是你得爲之拼命蒂努力。(魏茨曼)
There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.
沒有黑暗這種東西，只有看不見而已。(馬格里奇)
It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees.
天上永遠不會掉下玫瑰來，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必須自己種植。(艾略特)
Time is a bird for ever on the wing.
時間是一隻永遠在飛翔的鳥。(羅伯遜)
If you do not learn to think when you are young, you may never learn.
如果你年輕時不學會思考，那就永遠不會。(愛迪生)
A day is a miniature of eternity.
一天是永恆的縮影。(愛默生)
The course of true love never did run smooth.
真誠的愛情之路永不會是平坦的。(莎士比亞)
Love is stronger than death.
愛的力量大於死亡。(《聖經》)
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
少時喜歡聰明人，老來喜歡仁厚人。(赫歇爾)
All good things are cheap, all bad things are very dear.
一切好的東西都是便宜的，所有壞的東西都是非常貴的。(梭羅)
Patience! The windmill never strays in search of the wind.
耐心等待!風車從不跑去找風。(斯克利維斯)
Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice.
品德可能僅僅在於有勇氣作出抉擇。(布魯斯)
Fame usually comes to those who are thinking something else.
通常是沒想到成名的人反而成了名。(霍姆斯)
The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.
妒忌者對別人是煩惱，對他們自己卻是折磨。(佩恩)
If there were less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.
如果世界上少一些同情，世界上也就會少一些麻煩。(王爾德)
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
許多人的名聲如果在街上遇到自己的品德會互相不認識。(哈伯德)
Don't waste life in doubts and fears.
不要把生命浪費於懷疑與恐懼中。(愛默生)
The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.
生活中最使人筋疲力盡的事是弄虛作假。(林德伯格)
It is discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
令人沮喪的是，有那麼多人對誠實感到吃驚，而對欺騙感到吃驚的人卻那麼的少。(科沃德)
I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them.
我從不憐惜自負的人們，因爲我覺得他們無處不能自我安慰。(艾略特)
Man can climb to the highest summit, but he cannot dwell there long.
人可以爬到最高峯，但他不能在那兒久住。(蕭伯納)
The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule begins.
暴君死了，他的統治就結束了;烈士死了，他的統治剛開始。(克爾凱郭爾)
Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.
世界上大部分的麻煩都是要想成爲偉大人物的人搞出來的。(艾略特)
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything --- or nothing.
生活中的主要危險來自那些想要改變一切或什麼也不想改變的人。(阿斯特子爵夫人)
Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step a time.
習慣就是習慣，誰也不能將其扔出窗外，只能一步一步地引它下樓。(馬克吐溫)
Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions.
可以給偏執下一個粗略的定義：沒有觀點的人的憤怒。(切斯特頓)
Optimist: A man who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.
樂觀主義者：被獅子逼上了樹但仍能欣賞風景的人。(溫切爾)
You know what charm is : A way of getting the answer "yes" without having asked any clear question.
你知道什麼是魅力：一種不用明白地提出問題而能得到肯定答覆的辦法。(加謬)
The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.
對於詩人來說，最大的悲劇莫過於由於誤解而受到欽佩。(科克託)
The essence of language is human activity.
語言的本質是人類活動。(耶斯佩森)
Animals are such agreeable friends ----they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
動物是極容易相處的，它們從不提問，也從不會批評。(艾略特)
