In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.

  • -- William Penn 威廉·佩恩

在婚姻中,你要明智:宁可为人而不顾金钱,宁愿美德而不顾美貌,宁愿思想而不顾身体;那么你就有了妻子、朋友、伴侣和第二个自我。

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We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success.

当我们看到敌人的死亡时,我们会像看到朋友的死亡时一样感到遗憾,也就是说,当我们怀念他们作为我们成功的见证人的存在时。

The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business speculation; his friends, his pleasures, patrons, and acquaintances are his capital.

一个有意挥霍财富的人的一生往往成为一种商业投机;他的朋友、他的乐趣、赞助人和熟人都是他的资本。

Men act out like they're horrified by marriage, but when they find the woman of their dreams, they love it.

男人表现得好像对婚姻感到恐惧,但当他们找到自己的梦中情人时,他们爱上了她。

On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.

总的来说,人类想要变好,但不是太好,也不是一直都很好。

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; Skill is knowing how to do it, and Virtue is doing it.

智慧就是知道下一步该做什么;技巧就是知道如何去做,美德就是去做。

Marriage without love is just one more twisted form of slavery.

没有爱的婚姻只是另一种扭曲的奴役形式。