★、health is the best gain; contentment is the best wealth. a trusty friend is the best kinsman; nirvana is the supreme bliss.
健康是最佳的利益；满足是最好的财富。守信的朋友是最好的亲戚；没有烦恼是最大的幸福。
★、let your old age be childlike, and your childhood like old age; that is, so that neither may your wisdom be with pride, nor your humility without wisdom.
让你的老年过得像童年一般天真烂漫，让你的童年过得像老年一般沉着稳重，这意思也就是说：不要在你的智慧中夹杂傲慢，也不要使你的谦卑缺乏智慧的成份。
★、happiness consists in the realization of our wishes, and in our having only right desires.
幸福在於愿望的实现，而且在於只存着高尚的愿望。
★、one is one’s own refuge, who else could be the refuges？
信赖你自己，除了自己之外，还有谁能做你的依靠。
★、man is the master of his destiny.
人是他自己命运的主人。
★、though one may live a hundred years with no true insight and self-control, yet better, indeed, is a life of one day for a man who meditates in wisdom.
假如一个人活了一百岁而没有真实的智慧，又不能自我规律，那倒不如只活了一天，具有智慧和定静的功夫。
★、sound health is the greatest of gifts; contentedness, greatest of riches; trust, the greatest of qualities.
健康是最佳的礼物，知足是最大的财富，信心是最好的品德。
★、as a beautiful flower that is full of hue but lacks fragrance, even so fruitless is the well-spoken word of one who does not practice it.
只说好话而没有实行是毫无结果的，这好比一朵美丽的花，徒具颜色而没有芳香。
★、if a man practices himself what he admonishes others to do , he himself , being well-controlled, will have controlled over others. it is difficult, indeed, to control oneself.
教导别人应先以身作则。约束自己以後才能约束别人。约束自己实在难呀！
★、to his ruin, indeed, the fool gains knowledge and fame, they destroy his bright lot and cleave his head.
愚笨的人得到知识和名誉对自己毫无益处，不但损失了他的幸福，而且还会使他刚愎自用。
★、better than a thousand utterance with useless word is one single beneficial word, by hearing which one is pacified.
读诵没有用的话语一千句，倒不如只听到一句有益的话带给人安宁。
★、one should not pry into the faults of others, into things done and left undone by others. one should rather consider what by oneself is done and left undone.
不应挑剔别人的过失，批评别人已做和未做的事情。应时常反省自己的过失，考虑自己所做和未做的事情。
★、just as the flattery of a friend can pervert, so the insult of an enemy can sometimes correct.
朋友的谄媚会败坏一个人的品德；同样的道理，敌人的侮辱有时也能矫正你的错误。
★、one should spend reasonably, in proportion to his income, neither too much nor too little. he should not hoard wealth avariciously, nor should he be extravagant.
一个人用钱应该合理，并且跟他的收入成比例，不可浪费，也不可吝啬；不可处心积虑贪图财富，也不可挥霍奢侈。
★、fools, men of little intelligence, give themselves overt negligence, but the wise man protects his diligence as a supreme treasure.
愚笨无知的人毫无顾忌地恣情放逸；但聪明的却保持努力不懈，视勤奋为无上珍宝。
★、make haste in doing good, restrain your mind from evil. whosoever is slow in doing well, his mind delights in evil?
及时行善，以免你的心里再起坏念头。凡是不能及时行善的人，内心常会生起恶念。
★、as from a heap of flowers many a garland is made even so many good deeds should be done by one born a mortal.
人生难免一死，应趁有生之年多做一点善事，宛如从一堆花朵做成许多花圈。
★、be tolerant among the intolerant, gentle among the violent, and free from greed among the greedy.
在急躁的人?中要容忍，在凶暴的人?中要温和，在贪婪的人?中要慷慨。
★、deed pides beings into lower and higher ones.
行为使人产生低贱和高尚的差别。
★、one should make his speeches free from caustic remarks against others.
一个人言谈时。应避免以尖酸刻薄的话去批评别人。
★、the words of a man who is reserved in his speech and talks wisely and rationally are delightful to the ear.
讲话有分寸，谈吐婉转、言之有理、那麽你讲的话就会美妙动听。
★、do not speak ill of others in their absence.
不要在别人背後说他们的坏话。
★、without learning, men grow as cows do increasing only in flesh not wisdom.
不学习的人，宛如老牛，肉虽多，却没有智慧。
★、with the intelligent, the wise, the learned, the devout and the dutiful --with such a virtuous, intellectual man should one associate.
要常亲近贤明的人、有智慧的人、博学的人、忠诚热心的人、尽责的人---常跟这些智德兼备的人来往。
★、be fond of sleep, fond of company, indolent, lazy and irritable-this is a cause of one’s downfall.
贪睡眠，爱闲聊，对所学的东西不感兴趣，做事情懒懒散散，急躁而没有耐心……是导致堕落的重大要素。
★、who strives not when he should strive, who, though young and strong, is given to idleness, who is loose in his purpose and thoughts, and who is lazy-that idler never finds the way to wisdom.
不及时努力学习，年轻力壮时就懒散不堪，生活没有什麽目标和思想，怠惰的人永远不能发现智慧之路。
★、indulge not in heedlessness, have no intimacy with sensuous delights; for the earnest, meditative person obtains abundant bliss.
不沉缅於放逸，不贪恋感官的享受，具有热忱而且常沈思真理的人，可获得大安乐。
★、happy indeed we are without hate among the hateful.
在充满愤怒的人群中不怀丝毫的恨意，生活才能够快乐。
★、happy is virtue till old age; happy is steadfast confidence; happy is the attainment of wisdom; happy is it to do no evil.
到老年还一直保持良好品德的人是快乐的，信心坚固的人也是快乐的。得到智慧的人快乐，不做恶的人也快乐。
★、let your diet be spare, your wants moderate, your needs few. so, living modestly, with no distracting desires, you will find content.
过着粗茶淡饭的生活，节制你的欲望，减少你的需要，在这种没有烦虑的适度生活里，你将可以发现满足。
★、prevention is better than cure.
预防胜於治疗。
★、cordial friendship has a supreme taste.
诚挚的友谊，味道绝佳。
