the empty vessels make the greatest sound .
滿瓶不響，半瓶咣當。

eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation .
e永恒的真理如果不在新的社會形勢下賦予新的意義,要么就不是真理,要么就不是永恒的。

natural abilities are like natural plants that need pruning by study.
天生的才干如同天生的植物一樣，需要靠學習來修剪。

if you don't learn to think when you are young , you may never learn .
如果你輕時就沒有學會思考，那么就永遠學不會思考。

habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step a time.
慣就是慣，誰也不能將其扔出窗外，只能一步一步地引它下樓。

optimist: a man who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.
樂觀主義者：被獅子逼上了樹但仍能欣賞風景的人。


in education we are striving not to teach youth to make a living, but to make a life.
教育不是為了教會青人謀生，而是教會他們創造生活。

a man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
只要有無限的熱情，一個人幾乎可以在任何事情上取得成功。

the important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.
人生重要的在于確立一個偉大的目標，并有決心使其實現。

fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.
不要害怕你的生活將要結束，應該擔心你的生活永遠不曾真正開始。

there is only one success --- to be able to spend your life in your own way.
只有一種成功，那就是能夠用自己的方式度過自己的一生。

nothing in life is to be feared. it is only to be understood.
生活中沒有什么可怕的東西，只有需要理解的東西。

better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
與其詛咒黑暗，不如燃起蠟燭。

activity is the only road to knowledge .
行動是通往知識的唯一道路 。

imagination is more important than knowledge .
想象力比知識更為重要。

a great part to the information i have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way .
我的大部分知識都是這樣獲得的：在尋找某個資料時意外的發現了另上的資料。