1. Life is like music. It must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule.人生如一首樂曲，要用樂感，感情和直覺去譜寫，不能只按樂律行事。

　　2. Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.生活是繪畫，不是做算術。

　　3. The wealth of the mind is the only wealth.精神的財富是唯一的財富。

　　4. Life is fine and enjoyable, yet you must learn to enjoy your fine life.人生是美好的，但要學會如何享用美好的生活。

　　5. Life is but a hard and tortuous journey.人生即是一段艱難曲折的旅程，人生無坦途。

　　6. Life is a horse, and either you ride it or it rides you.人生像一匹馬，你不駕馭它,它便駕馭你。

　　7. Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.人生是一幅大畫布，你應該努力繪出絢麗多彩的畫面。

　　8. You can't judge a tree by its bark.人不可貌相。

　　9. Sharp tools make good work.工欲善其事，必先利其器。

　　10. Wasting time is robbing oneself.浪費時間就是掠奪自己。

　　11. Nurture passes nature.教養勝過天性。

　　12. There is no garden without its weeds.沒有不長雜草的花園。

　　13. A man is only as good as what he loves.一個人要用他所愛的東西有多好來衡量。

　　14. Wealth is the test of a man's character.財富是對一個人品格的試金石。

　　15. The best hearts are always the bravest.心靈最高尚的人，也總是最勇敢的人。

　　16. One never lose anything by politeness.講禮貌不吃虧。

　　17. There's only one corner of the universe you can be sure of improving, and that's your own self.這個宇宙中只有一個角落你肯定可以改進，那就是你自己。

　　18. The world is like a mirror: Frown at itand it frowns at you; smile, and it smiles too.世界猶如一面鏡子：朝它皺眉它就朝你皺眉，朝它微笑它也吵你微笑。

　　19. To be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.既當演說家，又做實干家。

　　20. Variety is the spice of life.變化是生活的調味品。

　　21. Bad times make a good man.艱難困苦出能人。

　　22. There is no royal road to learning.求知無坦途。

　　23. The shortest way to do many things is to only one thing at a time.做許多事情的捷徑就是一次只做一件事。

　　24. Sow nothing, reap nothing.春不播，秋不收。

　　25. Life is real, life is earnest.人生真實，人生誠摯。

　　26. Life would be too smooth if it had no rubs in it.生活若無波折險阻，就會過于平淡無奇。

　　27. Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions form insufficient premises.生活是一種藝術，要在不充足的前提下得出充足的結論。

　　28. The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.世界上對勇氣的最大考驗是忍受失敗而不喪失信心。

　　29. A man's best friends are his ten fingers.人最好的朋友是自己的十個手指。

　　30. Only they who fulfill their duties in everyday matters will fulfill them on great occasions.只有在日常生活中盡責的人才會在重大時刻盡責。