The old age of an eagle is better than the youth of a sparrow.

鹰的老年胜过麻雀的青年。

The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set a bad example.

当老年人自己不能再树立坏榜样时，他们就开始抱怨年轻人的行为。

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

老年人相信一切;中年人什么都怀疑，年轻人什么都知道。

The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything.

老年人相信一切;中年人怀疑一切;年轻人无所不知。

The older I get the better I used to be!

我越老越好，我曾经是!

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

随着年龄的增长，我越来越不相信“年龄带来智慧”这一老生常谈。

The parents age must be remembered, both for joy and anxiety.

一定要记住父母的年龄，无论是快乐还是焦虑。

The passion between the sexes has appeared in every age to be so nearly the same, that it may always be considered, in algebraic language as a given quantity.

男女之间的激情在各个时代都表现得几乎是一样的，因此在代数语言中，它总是被认为是一个给定的量。

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.

嫁接在受伤的自尊心上的激情是最根深蒂固的;他们年老时青葱翠绿，精力充沛。

The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.

生活在黄金时代的人经常抱怨周围的一切都是黄色的。

The perceptions of middle age have their own luminosity.

中年的观念有其自身的光辉。

The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow.

一个时代的哲学变成了下一个时代的荒谬，昨天的愚蠢变成了明天的智慧。

The poetical language of an age should be the current language heightened.

一个时代的诗性语言应该是当下语言的升华。

The post office has a great charm at one point of our lives. When you have lived to my age, you will begin to think letters are never worth going through the rain for.

邮局在我们的生活中有一个伟大的魅力。当你活到我这个年纪的时候，你就会开始认为信件根本不值得冒雨去读。

The present age ... prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to reality, the appearance to the essence ... for in these days illusion only is sacred, truth profane.

当代……喜欢符号而不喜欢所指的事物，喜欢复制品而不喜欢原作，喜欢幻想而不喜欢现实，喜欢外表而不喜欢本质……因为在这些日子里，幻觉是神圣的，真理是亵渎的。