Books are funny little portable pieces of thought.

书是有趣的、可以随身携带的小想法。

Books that have become classics - books that have had their day and now get more praise than perusal - always remind me of retired colonels and majors and captains who, having reached the age limit, find themselves retired on half pay.

那些已经成为经典的书——那些曾经风光一时的书，现在得到的赞誉多于细细品味的书——总是让我想起退休的上校、少校和上尉，他们到了退休的年龄，却发现自己只拿着一半的薪水。

Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.

由于受教育要尊重习俗，爱情不得不以婚姻告终。恐怕是这样。

But I believe that there are marriages where you can have your pool table and she can have her scrapbooking room or garden or whatever it is. But when everyone has what they want, it's not funny. There's no conflict.

但我相信，在婚姻中，你可以有台球桌，她可以有剪贴簿室，花园或其他任何东西。但当每个人都有他们想要的东西时，这就不好玩了。没有冲突。

But I think funny and talent will always win out; I mean, of course there are hurdles, but I think if you're funny you will get over all of that.

但我认为有趣和才华总会胜出;我的意思是，当然有障碍，但我认为如果你很有趣，你会克服所有的障碍。

But I've never looked at myself as being particularly funny.

但我从来没有觉得自己特别有趣。

But a funny thing happened four years later. I was invited to play for an alumni team against the Red Wings.

但四年后发生了一件有趣的事。我被邀请为校友队与红翼队比赛。

But it's fun to be something, have that, and you don't have to be real. It's like, comedians. They go on and they're doing all these jokes. I would be like that if I were more awake.

但成为某种东西是很有趣的，拥有它，你不必是真实的。就像喜剧演员。他们一直在讲这些笑话。如果我再清醒一点，我也会这样的。

But you can't focus on things that matter if all you've been is asleep for forty years. Funny how sleep rhymes with sheep. You know.

但如果你已经沉睡了四十年，你就无法专注于那些重要的事情。有趣的是，睡觉和羊押韵。你知道的。

By the age of fifty, you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth.

到五十岁的时候，你已经成就了你自己，如果你的人生是美好的，那么它就比你的青春更美好。

Careers are not made in a family business, they are born – by patricide. Then they die from neglect, and avoid the tragedy of being put out of business.

事业不是由家族企业创造的，而是由弑父者所生。然后他们死于忽视，并避免了被淘汰的悲剧。

Cats are like walking brooms you can actually comfortably cuddle with.

猫就像会走路的扫帚，你可以舒服地抱着它。

Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.

珍惜你所有的快乐时光:它们是老年的好垫子。

Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age The child is grown, and puts away childish things. Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Nobody that matters, that is.

童年不是从出生到一定年龄，到了一定年龄孩子就长大了，把孩子气的东西收起来。童年是无人死亡的王国。也就是说，没有人是重要的。

Children are a great comfort in your old age - and they help you reach it faster, too.

在你年老的时候，孩子是一个巨大的安慰——他们也能帮助你更快地达到它。