It is the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.
世上最容易的事就是欺騙自己。

Gifts much expected, are paid, not given.
真正期望的禮品是自己買的, 不是别人給的。

Tell a miser he is rich, and a woman she is old, you'll get no money of one, nor kindness of other.
跟守财奴講他富, 跟女人講她老, 準沒你的好。
 
Haste makes waste.
越忙越白忙。

Act uprightly, and despise calumny; dirt may stick to a mud wall, but not to polished marble.
污垢可以黏住泥牆, 但是黏不住擦亮的大理石。站着做人, 不理毀謗;

Great pride and meanness sure are near ally'd; or thin partitions do their bounds Divide.
太過自大就離卑鄙不遠了。

Liberality is not giving much but giving wisely.
慷慨不在于給得多而在于給得好。

At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgment.
20歲躊躇滿志; 30歲聰明理智; 40歲判斷世事。

Wise men learn by others harms; fools by their own.
聰明人能從别人的傷害中學習; 蠢人隻會從自己的傷害中學習。

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
蠢人的心放在嘴裡，聰明人的嘴放在心裡。

Life with fools consists in drinking; with the wise man, living's thinking.
和笨人在一起生活隻在于吃喝; 和聰明人在一起生活更在于思考。

 

Tomorrow, every fault is to be amended; but that tomorrow never comes.
要想明天再改; 明天永不到來。

Time enough, always proves little enough.
愈認為時間足夠, 愈會證明它并不夠。

You may delay, but time will not.
你可以拖拉,時間卻不會。

Make haste slowly.
急事要慢做。

you are good to others, you are best to yourself.
善待他人就是善待自己。

A good example is the best sermon.
榜樣就是最好的說教。

A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough.
活得長并不見得活得好，活得好就是活得足夠長。

Proportion your charity to the strength of your estate, or God will Proportion your estate to the weakness of your charity.
你不按财力去做善事,上帝就按你的善舉多少來改變你的财力。

Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.
愛你的敵人吧,因為他們告訴過你的過失。

Love thy neighbour; yet don't pull down your hedge.
去愛你的老街坊; 但别拆了籬笆牆。