Better sense in the head than cents in the pocket.
[译]口袋里有钱,不如头脑里有知识。
Better unborn than untaught.
[译]生而不教,不如不生。
Books are ships that pass through the vast sea of time.
[译]书籍是时光这一汪洋大海中的航船。
Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.
[译]书籍是储藏智慧的不灭明灯。
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.
[译]读书如交友,应求少而精。
Bread nourishes the body, and books enrich the mind.
[译]面包营养身体,书却丰富头脑。
By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.
[译]读书能充实思想,交谈使其更臻完美。