1. The sting of a reproach is the truth of it. 指責帶給你刺痛，正是它的忠實之處。

2. He that does what he should not, shall feel what he would not. 若做了不應該做的事，則將產生自己所不希望有的感覺。

3. All mankind are beholden to him that is kind to the good. 行善者，人人銘記之。

4. It’s the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself. 自欺是世上最易之事。

5. It’s easier to prevent bad habits than to break them. 防止染上惡遠比消除惡容易。

6. How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults. or resolution enough to mend them! 承認并改正錯誤，需要有足夠的勇氣和決心。

7. Trick and treachery are the practice if fools；they have not wit enough to be honest. 傻瓜慣于詭計和背判的伎倆，他們還沒聰明到學會真誠待人

8. Let our fathers and grandfathers be ＆#118alued for their goodness, ourselves for our own. 讓父親和祖輩因他們的善行受到尊重，讓我們因我們自己的善行受到尊重。

9. Thirst after desert, not reward. 渴求美德而非獎賞。

10. If thou injure conscience, it will have its revenge on thee. 傷害良心，將受到良心的嚴懲。

11. None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error. 唯有有教養者方知如何承認錯誤，或意識到自己行為。

12. If you do what you should not, you must hear what you would not. 若做了不應做之事，則必然會聽見不愿聽之語。

13. An honest man will receive neither money nor praise； that is not his due. 正直的人既不收受他人的錢財，也不接受他人的奉承，這些都不是他應得的。

14. The honest man takes pains, and then enjoys pleasure. 正直的人先經歷痛苦，然后享受歡樂。

15. Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter. 美德和幸福猶如母女。

16. A bad workman always blames his tools. 拙匠總怪工具差。

17.Sloth turneth the edge of wit.懶散能磨去才智的鋒芒。

18.A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善終。

19.Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in an advanced age; and if we do not plant it when young, it will give us no shade when we grow old. 學識可使老年時舒適地退隱和有所寄托；但如果年青時不使它扎下根，老年就得不到它的庇護。

20.Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us.生命是一束純凈的火焰,我們依靠自己內心看不見的太陽而存在。

21. A friend exaggerates a man´s virtue, an enemy his crimes.朋友宣揚人的美德，敵人夸大人的罪過。

22. Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公開場合又表揚你的朋友。

23. A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.吃虧的和解也比勝訴強。

24. Virtue never grows old. 美德永遠不會過時。

25.Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 每一個人都是自身幸福的建筑師。

26.A lazy youth,a lousy age. 少時懶惰老來苦。

27. Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse. 知識能使好人更好，壞人更壞。

28. There needs a long apprenticeship to understand the mystery of the world’s trade. 要知世事奧秘多，須要長期作學徒。

29. Patience and application will carry us through. 忍耐和專心會使我們度過難關。

30. A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold.健康的身體貴於黃金鑄成的皇冠。