Life is a leaf of paper white, thereon each of us may write his word or two. (Lowell )

生活是一张白纸，每个人都在上面写上自己的一两句话。(洛威尔)

Life is a palette; you put colors on it.

生活是调色板，每个人自己在上面加上颜色。

On earth there is nothing great but man; in the man there is nothing great but mind. ( A. Hamilton )

地球上唯一伟大的是人，人身上唯一伟大的是心灵。(哈密尔顿)

Everything ought to be beautiful in a human being: face, and dress, and soul, and ideas. ( Chekhov )

人的一切——面貌、衣着、心灵和思想，都应该是美好的。(契诃夫)

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. ( S. Butler )

生活是一种艺术，要在不充足的前提下得出充足的结论。(巴特勒)

Life is not all beer and skittles. ( T. Hughes )

人生并非只是吃喝玩乐。(休斯)

Ideas are like the stars --- we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them. ( C. Schurz )

理想就象是星星——我们永远无法到达，但是我们象水手一样，用它们指引航程。(舒尔茨)