You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you
can do something about its width and depth. 你不能延長生命的長度，但你可以拓寬它的深度和廣度。

Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance. 不能通過財富的多少和人們在星期天做禮拜時的樣子判定他們。

 The most certain test by which we can judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities. 用來判斷一個國家是否自由最有力的測試，是看這個國家少數族群能夠享有多少安全保障。

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answer. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. 你能通過一個人的回答判斷他聰明與否，也能通過他的提問判斷他是否智慧。

The greatest compliment that ever paid me was when one asked
me what I thought , and attended to my answer。有人問我作何感想而且悉心傾聽我的回答，是我今生得到的最佳恭維。

It's lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become
the enemy of the rest of mankind.  可悲的是，一個忠實的愛國者一定是其他同類的敵人。

A sneer is the weapon of the weak. 蔑視對方的態度就是弱者的武器。

 A person may cause evil to others not only by actions, but
by his inaction. 人不僅會因為作為而傷人，也會因為不作為而傷人。

It is good to have money and the things that money can buy,
but it's good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven't lost the things that money can't buy.

有錢和擁有錢買回來的東西不錯。同樣重要的是：要常常察看自己是否丟失了錢買不回來的東西。

  The bitterest tear shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. 墳墓前哭得最厲害的人，往往在懊悔什麼話還沒對死者說，什麼事還沒對死者做。

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. 詩就是情感找到了思想，然後思想找到了詞語。

Dullest nonsense has been found by some to be the most profound.

最具深邃思想的人也會產出最無聊的的陳辭。

 Law too gentle are seldom obeyed, too severe seldom executed.

法律法規過輕則無法遵守，過重則無法執行。

 Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice, journalism what will be grasped at once.  文學是讓人讀不止一遍的文字藝術，而新聞則讓讀者一目了然。

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
只讀書而不沉思所讀，如同只吃而不消化食物。