1. He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
對現在擁有的不滿足，那么對他所期待的也不會滿意。
2. Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
那些總是贊美你的言行的人必定不是忠誠的朋友，忠誠意味著溫和的指出你的過失。
3.Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
將你的時間用于閱讀他人的作品，別人費力學到的東西，你就能輕松獲得。
4. Let him that would move the world, first move himself.
要想改變世界，先要改變自己。
5. It is not living that matters, but living rightly.
活著不是重要的.，重要的是怎么活。
6. False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
謊言不僅本身是罪惡的，還會讓你的靈魂墮落。
7. The unexamined life is not worth living.
沒有反省的生活是沒有意義的
