The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse. ( J. Renard )
唯一真正自由的人是能够拒绝宴会的邀请而不用提出理由的人。（勒纳尔）

It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees. ( G. Eliot )
天上永远不会掉下玫瑰来，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必须自己种植。（艾略特）

Life is measured by thought and action, not by time. ( J. Lubbock )
衡量生命的尺度是思想和行为，而不是时间。（卢伯克）

The great use of life is to spend it for something that overlasts it.( W. James )
生命的最大用处是将它用于能比生命更长久的事物上。（詹姆斯）

Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it.( I. Berlin)
生活有百分之十在于你如何塑造它，有百分之九十在于你如何对待它。（柏林）

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.( Kierkergaard )
只有向后才能理解生活；但要生活好，则必须向前看。（克尔凯郭尔）

Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are summits of ranges. ( T. W. Higginson )
伟人很少是突兀的山峰；它们是众山中的最高峰。（希金森）