Gather ye rosebuds¹ while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. --- Robert Herrick
摘花需趁早，岁月催人老：今夕花含笑，翌日即残凋。---罗伯特-赫里克

You must remember this, a kiss is still a kiss, A sigh is just a sigh; The fundamental things apply, As time goes by. --- Herman Hupfeld
你一定要记住这点，一个亲吻仍然是一个亲吻，一个叹息就是一个叹息。时光流转，这是万物不变的基本法则。---赫尔曼

The inaudible and noiseless foot of Time. --- Shakespeare
时间的不可听见的无声脚步。---莎士比亚

No hand can make the clock strike for me the hours that are passed. --- Byron
光阴如流水，一去不复返。---拜伦

All my possessions for a moment of time. --- Queen Elizabeth I's last words
我的一切都是为了那辉煌的一刻。---伊丽莎白一世的临终遗言

A day is a miniature of eternity². ---Emerson
一天是永恒的缩影。---爱默生

Write it on your heart that every day is the best of the year. ---Emerson
把这铭记在你心里：每天都是一年中最好的日子。 ---爱默生

Do you love life? Then do not squander³ time; for that's the stuff life is made up of. ---Benjamin Franklin, American president
你热爱生命吗？那么，别浪费时间，因为生命是由时间组成的。---美国总统富兰克林. B.

No time like the present. 现在正是时候/只争朝夕。

Time gives good advice. 时间给予金玉良言。

Time works wonders. 时间能创造奇迹。

Time discovered truth. 时间发现真理。

Time is the father of truth. 时间是真理之父。

Time and tide wait for no man. 时光如逝水，岁月不待人。

As every thread of gold is valuable, so every moment of time. 一寸光阴一寸金。

An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之计在于晨。

Time dresses the greatest wounds. 时间能愈合最大的创伤。

To save time is to lengthen⁴ life. 节省时间就是延长生命。

If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep. 要想梦成真，少睡多用心。

Make hay while the sun shines. 趁着大晴天，赶紧晒饲草。

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. 今日事今日毕／勿将今事待明日。

No hand can make the clock strike for me the hours that are passed.
光阴如流水，一去不复返。

Seize the day, for fleeting⁵ youth never returns. 光阴勿虚度，青春不再来。

Those that make the best use of their time have none to spare.
充分利用时间的人不会有余暇。

What I do today is important because I am exchanging a day of my life for it.
我今天做的事情很重要， 因为我为它付了一天的代价。

Every flow has its ebb⁶. 潮有涨落日，人有盛衰时。

Youth and white paper take any impression.
青年犹如白纸，可以打上任何印记。

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