1/ 我认为人们并不懂得何谓高贵，何谓愚昧。尽管他们经常把这两样东西挂在嘴边。

I often think that men don't understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it.

2/ 虚荣是对别人害处最少，而对自己最有害的热情。

Vanity is the least harmful to others, and the most harmful to oneself.

3/ 重要的不是知识的数量，而是知识的质量，有些人知道很多，但却不知道最有用的东西。

What is important is not the quantity of knowledge, but the quality of knowledge. Some people know a lot, but they don't know the most useful things.

4/ 当你意识到自己是个谦虚的人时，你就不再谦虚了。

When you realize that you are a modest person, you are not a humble person at once.

5/ 理想是指路明灯。没有理想，就没有坚定的方向；没有方向，就没有生活。

Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal, there is no secure direction; without direction, there is no life.

6/ 了解一切，就会原谅一切。

Understand everything, you will forgive everything.

7/ 不要把学问看作用来装饰的王冠，也不要把它当作用来挤奶的奶牛。

Don't look on learning as a crown for ornament, or a cow for milk.

8/ 幸福的家庭都是相似的，不幸的家庭各有各的不幸。

All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

9/ 人生的一切变化，一切魅力，一切美都是由光明和阴影构成的。

All changes in life, all the charm, all the beauty is made of light and shadow.

10/ 盲目地相信科学，和无知毫无差别。

Blind faith in science is just a form of ignorance.

11/ 没有信仰的人的生活，无非是动物的生活。

People who do not believe in life lead nothing more than an animal's life.

12/ 纯粹的、完全的哀愁和纯粹的、完全的欢乐一样都是不可能的。

Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.