大家都一样想的时候就没有人多思考了。
We couldnt conceive of a miracle if none had ever happened.
如果从来没有奇迹发生过，我们便无法想象奇迹这回事。
If God did not exist， it would be necessary to invent Him.
如果上帝不存在，也有必要造出一个来。
Happy is the who only desires what he may and does what he ought.
不作非分之想又能尽本分的人是快乐的。
The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.
痛苦的秘密在于有闲功夫为自己是否幸福而担心。
He is most free from danger， who， even when safe， is on guard.
居安思危者最保险。
Be wisely world，be not worldly wise.
要聪明地处世，不要世故地聪明。
Every man has a right to be wrong in his opinions. But no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.
人人都有权在见解上出错。但没有人有权在事实上出错。
Friendship and Relationship
友谊与人际
One of the most important trips a man can make is that involved in meeting the other fellow half way.
在人生的旅途中与别人邂逅，是一个人要经过的重要一步。
I went to find a friend， but couldnt find one anywhere； I went to be a friend， and friends were everywhere.
去寻找朋友，但一个也找不到；真诚地去作他人的朋友，才发现朋友原来很容易找到。
Friendship doubles your joys and divides your grief.
友谊可以倍增欢乐，也可以分解忧伤。
Remind yourself of all his good qualities， and try not to think about his bad ones.
常常想起他的优点，尽量忘记他的缺点。
Success in a relationship is much more than finding a right person，it is a matter of being the right person.
友谊的成功不只是找一个适合自己的朋友，而是找出适合友谊的自己。
A friend， the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out.
朋友，是你孤弱无助的时候来到你身边的人。
A friend is someone who knows your faults but thinks your virtues far out weigh them.
朋友是这样一个人，他知道你的错误，但能把你的美德看得重于缺点。
How it improves people for us when we begin to love them？ Love forgets mistakes， nagging about them parts the best friends.
当我们去爱人们的时候，这种爱是怎样美化人们的？爱使我们一点一点地向人们倾诉衷肠，从而忘记错误。
Being a good friend， and having a good friend， can enrich your days and bring you lifelong satisfaction.
成为别人的好朋友，拥有一个好朋友，可以丰富你的生活，并使你终生受益。
Friendships have to be created and nurtured.
友谊需要创造和培养。
Standing by friends during difficult times is important. But seemingly trivial acts of caring are what keep friendships going.
在困境中与朋友共患难是很重要的。但那些看起来微不足道的关心呵护却能使友谊长存。
Others can feel close to you only if you let them know you.
你只有让别人了解你，他们才能与你亲近。
One recipe for friendship is the right mixture of commonality and difference. You have got to have enough in common so that you understand each other and enough difference so that there is something to exchange.
友谊的一个秘诀是把共同和分歧巧妙地结合起来。因为有许多共同点，你们才能相互理解；因为有许多分歧，你们才能相互交流。
A friend is a present you give yourself.
朋友是你送给自己的礼物。
The foundation of real friendship is a concern for the other persons welfare and an ability to demonstrate affection and appreciation.
真正的友谊的基础是对他人利益的关心，以及对其爱慕与欣赏的自然流露。
Friendship means respect. Respect for each others differences， for each others dreams， for each others dignity and vulnerability.
友谊意味着尊重。尊重彼此的分歧。尊重彼此的梦想、尊严和弱点。
It takes a long time to grow an old friend.
交一个挚友需要很长时间。
Candor is a compliment； it implies equality. Its how true friends talk.
坦率是一种敬意，它意味着平等。真正的朋友就这么交谈。
It is important for our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them， and important to friendship that we are not.
对朋友要毫无保留，对友谊却要留有余地。
True friendship is a plant of slow growth.
真诚的友谊是生长缓慢的植物。
We love those who know the worst of us and dont turn their faces away.
我们爱那些了解我们的最大弱点，但却不嫌弃我们的人。
Health and Art
健康与艺术
Happiness lies， first of all， in health.
快乐首先在于有健康的身体。
A light heart lives long.
无忧无虑的人长寿。
He who has health has hope， and he who has hope has everything.
有健康才有希望，有希望才会有一切。
A great poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight.
一首伟大的诗篇有如一座喷泉永远喷出智慧和欢愉的水花。
Art improves nature.
艺术使自然更完美。
Music has charms to soothe a savage breast， to soften rocks， or bend a knotted oak.
音乐有魔力去抚慰那凶悍的胸怀，去软化岩石，或者扭折那盘根错节的橡树。
A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.
仅是一个自然的模仿者不能产生任何伟大的艺术品。
Health is better than wealth.
家有万贯财，不如一身健。
That is not good language which all understand not.
人人都听不懂的语言不是好的语言。
The highest art is to conceal art.
艺高者其艺不露。
Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
最甜美的歌往往是那些诉说最悲哀思想的歌。
Poetry is simply the most beautiful， impressive and widely effective mode of saying things， and hence its importance.
简单地说，所谓诗歌，即最美丽、最深刻和有广泛效力的说话方式，这也就是诗歌存在的意义。
Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.
诗人是未被承认的世界之立法者。
Beauty is truth， truth beauty. A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.
美就是真，真就是美，一件美好的东西是永久的赏心悦目。
The first wealth is health.
健康是人生第一财富。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
每天吃个大苹果，医生不用来见我。
Early to bed， early to rise makes a man healthy， wealthy and wise.
早起、早睡能使一个人健康、富有和聪慧。 One hours sleep before midnight is worth three after.
午夜前一小时的睡眠等于午夜后三小时的睡眠。
Sleep is the best cure of waking troubles.
睡眠是对付醒时烦恼的最好治疗方法。
Diet cures more than the doctor.
饮食治病远胜于医生。
The value of health is not esteemed until it is lost.
失去了健康时，方知健康可贵。
Honors change manners.
居移气，养移体。
What art offers is space—a certain breathing room for the spirit.
艺术提供的是空间——一种给心灵喘息的空间。
I think of music as a menu. I cant eat the same thing everyday.
我把音乐比作菜单，我不能每天吃同样的菜。
Good art is not what it looks like，but what it does to us.
好的艺术不在于它像什么，而在于它对我们引起什么感受。
The greatest artist was once a beginner. 最伟大的艺术家也曾是个初学者。
I had six serving men—they taught me all I knew；their names are WHERE、WHAT，WHEN，WHY，HOW and WHO.
我的知识全来自六名服务员，他们的名字是：“何地”、“何物”、“何时 ”、“为何”、“如何”和“何人”。
Painting is silent poetry，and poetry is a speaking picture.
画是无言之诗，诗是有声的画。
To be successful， you must have broad knowledge and artistic appreciation as well.
要想成功，你不仅要有渊博的知识，还要有艺术的鉴赏力。
The Affairs of Human Life and All Living Creatures
世事与众生
He who has not tasted bitter knows not what sweet is.
没有尝过苦味的人，是不会知道甜蜜的滋味的。
Treat other people as you hope they will treat you.
你希望别人如何对待你，你就应如何对待别人。
Nothing is really beautiful but truth.
只有真实的东西才是真正美丽的。
No joy without annoyance.
体味不到烦恼的苦涩，就体味不出快乐的甘甜。
No man ever became thoroughly bad at once.
没有一个人是一会儿就坏透的。
One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
一个父亲胜于一百个教师。
Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings.
天真无知的人往往能道破事理。
One mans meat is another mans poison.
一个人的佳肴，可能是另一个人的毒药。
One shouldnt judge book by its cover.
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。
Out of sight， out of mind.
眼不见，心不烦。
One boy is a boy， two boys half a boy， three boys no boy.
人多心杂。Praise makes good man better， and bad man worse.
赞美的言辞使好人更好，坏人更坏。
