On earth there is nothing great but man; in man there is nothing great but mind. 　
世上唯有人最伟大；人中唯有头脑最重要。
                  ——A.Hamilton 

Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone. 　
笑，这世界与你同笑；哭，独自去哭吧。
                   ——E.W.Wilcox

When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death—ourselves.
 如果我们不能忍受独自一人，这意味着我们不能好好珍惜我们从生到死的唯一伙伴—我们自己。
                   ——Eda LeShan

The pessimist¹ complains about the wind; the optimist² expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. 　
悲观主义者抱怨有风，乐观主义者期待变天，现实主义者调整船帆。
                  ——William Arthur Ward³

God is like a mirror. The mirror never changes but everybody who looks at it sees something different. 　
上帝就像一面镜子。镜子从不变化，但每个照镜子的人都会看到不同的东西。
                  ——Rabbi Harold Kushner

Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit—and man is his own gardener. 　
好思想结好果实，坏思想结坏果实—人可以做自己的园丁。
                  ——John Sculley

If you cannot win, make the one ahead of you break the record. 　
如果你赢不了，就帮你前面那个破记录吧。
                  ——Jan McKeithen

The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident. 　
我们知道的最大的喜悦是偷偷地做件好事，而被人偶然发现。
                 ——Charles Lamb

Remember the best love is to love others unconditionally⁴ rather than make demands on them. 
记住：最好的爱存在于对别人的爱胜于对别人的索求之上。

There is no royal road to learning. 　
学无坦途。
                 ——Anthony Trollope