No legacy¹ is so rich as honesty.
没有比诚实更珍贵的遗产。
——Shakespeare

A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them. 
生活中必定会有走运的时候，也有受限制的时候，但只有傻瓜才只信其一。
 ——P. J. O'Rourke 

Children have more need of models than critics.
孩子更需要的是榜样而不是批评。
 ——Joseph Joubert 

The length of your education is less important than it's breadth², and the length of your life is less important than it's depth.
受教育的年数不如教育的广博度重要，生命的长度不如其深度重要。
 ——Marilyn Vos Savant 

Always give a hundred percent, and you'll never have to second guess yourself.
永远百分之百肯定自己，这样你就再也不会怀疑自己。
——Tommy John 

Learn to say no. It will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin³.
要学会说不，它比拉丁文有用多了。
 ——Spurgoen 

If I had my life to live over again, I would make it a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.
如果我能够再获得一次生命的话，我一定要养成一星期至少要读一次诗，听一次音乐的习惯。
——Charles Darwin 

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.
我发现给孩子提建议最好的方法就是先弄明白他们想干什么然后建议他们去干这些事。
——Harry S. Truman 

Spoon-feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon. 
长期用汤匙喂我们教给我们的只是匙子的形状，别无其他。
——E. M. Forster 

You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character. 
等你学会在失败中求生时就是你个性发展之时。
——Richard Nixon 

The primary purpose of education is not to teach you to earn your bread, but to make every mouthful sweeter.
教育最主要的目的不是教你如何挣得面包，而是使每一口都更加香甜。
 ——James Angell 

Genius without education is like silver in mine.
未受教育的天才好比仍在矿坑中的金子。
——Benjamin Franklin 

People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged⁴ sooner or later to find time for illness. 
挤不出时间休息娱乐的人迟早会被迫挤出时间养病。
——J.Wanamaker 

The one real object of education is to have a man in the condition of continually⁵ asking questions.
教育唯一真正的目的是让一个人进入这种状态：即不断提出问题。
——M. Creighton 

To be able to be caught up into the world of thougth---that is to be educated.
如果你想走入思想世界，那么请接受教育。
——E. Hamilton 

I have only one life and it's short enough, why waste it on things I don't want most?
人只有一次生命，且人生苦短，为什么在最不必要的事情上浪费时间呢？
 ——L. D. Brandeis 

Leave virtue⁶ and kindness to your children instead of property --- only this can bring happiness to them. This is my experience.
留给你的孩子美德和仁慈，而不是财产。只有这样才能给他们带来幸福，这是我的经验。
——Beethoven