Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.
不要尋求令人稱(chēng)羨的財(cái)富,應(yīng)當(dāng)追求這樣的境界:對(duì)財(cái)富正當(dāng)?shù)孬@取,清醒地使用,愉快地施舍并能知足地放棄。
It is impossible to love and be wise.
要戀愛(ài)而又要理智是不可能的。
This passion hath his floods, in very times of weakness; which are great prosperity, and great adversity; though this latter hath been less observed: both which times kindle love, and make it more fervent, and therefore show it to be the child of folly
當(dāng)人心最軟弱的時(shí)候,愛(ài)情最容易入侵,那就是當(dāng)人得意春風(fēng),忘乎所以和處境窘困孤獨(dú)凄零的時(shí)候,雖然后者未必能得到愛(ài)情。人在這樣的時(shí)候最急于跳入愛(ài)情的火焰中由此可見(jiàn),“愛(ài)情”實(shí)在是“愚蠢”的兒子。
In beauty, that of favor, is more than that of color; and that of decent and gracious motion, more than that of favor
形體之美要?jiǎng)儆陬伾,而?yōu)雅行為之美又勝于形體之美
There is no man that imparteth his joys to his friends, but that he joyeth the more; and no man that imparteth is griefs to his friends, but he grieveth the less.
與友分享歡樂(lè)者,無(wú)不歡樂(lè)倍增;與友分擔(dān)哀傷者,無(wú)不哀傷減半
Beauty is as summer fruits, which are easy to corrupt, and cannot last; and for the most part it makes a dissolute youth, and an age a little out of countenance
美猶如盛夏的水果,是容易腐爛而難保持的,世上有許多美人,她們有過(guò)放蕩的青春,卻迎受著愧悔的晚年。
Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.
天生的能力好像天然生成的植物,必須通過(guò)學(xué)習(xí)加以修整;然而學(xué)習(xí)本身如若不由實(shí)踐去約束,必然方向紛雜而漫無(wú)目的。
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set
美德好比寶石,在樸素背景的襯托下反而更華麗。
Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.
閱讀使人充實(shí),交談使人機(jī)智,寫(xiě)作使人精確。
Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtitle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend
讀史使人明智,讀詩(shī)使人靈秀,數(shù)學(xué)使人周密,科學(xué)使人深刻,倫理學(xué)使人莊重,邏輯修辭之學(xué)使人善辯:凡有所學(xué),皆成性格
Young men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for counsel, fitter for new projects than for settled business
年輕人適合發(fā)明甚于評(píng)價(jià),適合執(zhí)行而甚于決策;適合從事新項(xiàng)目甚于固定職業(yè)