You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you
can do something about its width and depth. 你不能延长生命的长度，但你可以拓宽它的深度和广度。

Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance. 不能通过财富的多少和人们在星期天做礼拜时的样子判定他们。

 The most certain test by which we can judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities. 用来判断一个国家是否自由最有力的测试，是看这个国家少数族群能够享有多少安全保障。

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answer. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. 你能通过一个人的回答判断他聪明与否，也能通过他的提问判断他是否智慧。

The greatest compliment that ever paid me was when one asked
me what I thought , and attended to my answer。有人问我作何感想而且悉心倾听我的回答，是我今生得到的最佳恭维。

It's lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become
the enemy of the rest of mankind.  可悲的是，一个忠实的爱国者一定是其他同类的敌人。

A sneer is the weapon of the weak. 蔑视对方的态度就是弱者的武器。

 A person may cause evil to others not only by actions, but
by his inaction. 人不仅会因为作为而伤人，也会因为不作为而伤人。

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.

有钱和拥有钱买回来的东西不错。同样重要的是：要常常察看自己是否丢失了钱买不回来的东西。

  The bitterest tear shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. 坟墓前哭得最厉害的人，往往在懊悔什么话还没对死者说，什么事还没对死者做。

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. 诗就是情感找到了思想，然后思想找到了词语。

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

最具深邃思想的人也会产出最无聊的的陈辞。

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

法律法规过轻则无法遵守，过重则无法执行。

 Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice, journalism what will be grasped at once.  文学是让人读不止一遍的文字艺术，而新闻则让读者一目了然。

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
只读书而不沉思所读，如同只吃而不消化食物。