A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.

儿子可以心平气和地忍受失去父亲，但失去遗产可能会使他绝望。

A song can take you to a special time in your life.

一首歌可以带你进入生命中一个特殊的时刻。

A song is anything that can walk by itself.

歌是任何可以自己走的东西。

A song is like a saddle: you ride it for a while, and if it's the right kind of song you can sing it for the rest of your life.

一首歌就像一个马鞍:你骑一会儿，如果它是正确的类型的歌，你可以唱它的余生。

A song nobody likes is a sad thing. But a love song nobody likes is hardly a thing at all.

没有人喜欢的歌是一件悲伤的事情。但一首没人喜欢的情歌根本算不上什么。

A song that sounds simple is just not that easy to write. One of the objectives of this record was to try and write melodies that continue to resonate.

一首听起来很简单的歌其实并不容易写。这张唱片的目标之一是尝试创作出能继续引起共鸣的旋律。

A song will keep going round in my brain and keep me awake.

一首歌会一直萦绕在我的脑海里，让我保持清醒。

A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.

写歌的人总是在写歌，而写歌的人可以在任何时候写歌。

A sonnet is a moment’s monument,-Memorial from the Soul’s eternity To one dead deathless hour.

十四行诗是一个瞬间的纪念碑，是从灵魂的永恒到一个死而不死的时刻的纪念。

A sophistical rhetorician inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity.

一个诡辩的修辞学家醉生梦死，滔滔不绝。

A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times.

悲伤的冠冕是回忆快乐的时光。

A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world. He that has those two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them will be little the better for anything else.

健全的精神寓于健全的身体之中，是对这个世界上快乐状态的简短而全面的描述。拥有这两种品质的人，所能期望的也就不多了;想要这两者中的任何一个的人，对其他任何事情都不会有什么好处。

A sovereign's great example forms a people; the public breast is noble or vile as he inspires it.

君主的伟大榜样形成了一个民族;公众的心是高尚的还是卑贱的，由他来激发。

A speaker should approach his preparation not by what he wants to say, but by what he wants to learn.

一个演讲者不应该通过他想说什么来做准备，而应该通过他想学什么来做准备。

A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.

一种特殊的美存在于语言中，语言的美，语言的美。