Man is the artificer of his own happiness.
[注解]artificer技工,工匠。
[譯]人之幸福,自己創(chuàng)造。
Marriage is the bloom or blight of all men's happiness.
[譯]結(jié)婚是人生的幸福花朵開放的時候,也可能是凋謝的時候。
Marriage makes or mars a man.
[譯]婚姻能成全人也能害人。
Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.
[注解]意指草率結(jié)婚必后悔。
[譯]結(jié)婚太急,后悔莫及。
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
[譯]對于大多數(shù)人來說,他們認(rèn)定自己有多幸福,就有多幸福。