Life being very short, and the quiet hour of it few; we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books. 人生十分短促，宁静的时间又不多； 我们不应该浪费宝贵的时间 去读毫无价值的书。
Humility is the foundation of glory. 谦卑是荣誉的基础。
Bitter pills may have wholesome effects．良药苦口利于病。
Deliberate before you begin, then execute with vigor. 三思而后行，然后就全力投入行动。
A good beginning is half the battle．良好的开端等于成功的一半。
The good seaman is known in bad weather. 惊涛骇浪，方显英雄本色。
Great hopes make great man. 伟大的理想造就伟大的人。
Choose a life of action, not one of ostentation. 要选择行动的一生，而不是炫耀的一生。
A man can fail many times, but he isn't 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。
Man can only be free through mastery of himself. 只有通过掌握自己，才能使自己得到解放。
None is of freedom or of life deserving unless he daily conquers it anew. 只有每天再度战胜生活并夺取自由的人，才配享受生活或自由
Ideas are like the stars --- we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them. 理想就象是星星——我们永远无法到达，但是我们象水手一样，用它们指引航程。
A wise man never loses anything if he has himself. 聪明的人只要能掌握自己，便什么也不会失去。
Our greatest glory consists not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. 我们最值得自豪的不在于从不跌倒，而在于每次跌倒之后都爬起来。
It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of great whole of life dawn on you. 在你耐心地操劳于生活的琐事的过程中，你才能领悟整个生活的伟大意义和形象。
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. 许多人的名声如果在街上遇到自己的品德会互相不认识。
In education we are striving not to teach youth to make a living, but to make a life. 教育不是为了教会青年人谋生，而是教会他们创造生活。
Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important. 世界上大部分的麻烦都是要想成为伟大人物的人搞出来的。
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument. 在争论中是无法击败无知者的
Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives himself. 每个人都接受两种教育， 一种来自别人，另一种更重要的来自自己。
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age. 学问在成功时是装饰品，在失意时是庇护所，在年老时是供应品。
It takes courage to follow your mind. But it takes everything to follow your heart.跟着理智走，要有勇气；跟着感觉走，要倾其所有的决心。