I can live for two months on a good compliment.
[譯]只憑一句贊美的話我就可以充實地活上兩個月。
Idle folks have most labour.
[譯]懶漢總嫌活太多。
Idleness rusts the mind.
[譯]懶惰使人的頭腦遲鈍。
If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the soldiers, nothing is safe.
[注解]wholesome有益健康的,合乎衛(wèi)生的。
[譯]要是相信醫(yī)生的話,什么也不衛(wèi)生;要是相信士兵的話,什么也不安全。
If you want a thing (well) done, do it yourself.
[譯]要想做好事情,就要自己動手。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
[譯]若要求知識,必須刻苦學(xué)習(xí)。
In moderating, not satisfying, desires, lies peace.
[譯]節(jié)欲不縱情,心情得安寧。
Industry keeps the body healthy, the mind clear, the heart whole, the purse full.
[譯]勤奮使身體健康,使心情開朗,使思想專注,使經(jīng)濟充裕。
It is not work that kills, but worry.
[譯]勞動不傷人,憂慮才傷人。
It's no use pumping a dry well.
[譯]徒勞無益。