1. If you do what you should not,you must hear what you would not. 若做了不應做之事,則必然會聽見不願聽之語。
2. If thou wouldest live long,live well;for folly and wickedness shorten life. 若欲求長壽,生活須行善,因為蠢行和邪惡會把生命縮短。
3. If thou injurest conscience,it will have its revenge on thee. 傷害良心,將受到良心的嚴懲。
4. You may be too cunning for one,but not for all. 蒙騙得了一人,但蒙騙不了所有的人。
5. You may be more happy than pinces,if you will be more virtuous. 如果你能多做善事,你會比王子還要幸福。
6. Who judges best of a man,his enemies or himself 誰能最恰當地評價一個人,他的敵人還是他自己?
7. When you're good to others,you are best to yourself. 善待他人,即是最善待自己。
8. What is serving God 'Tis doing good to man. 什麼才算是為上帝奉獻?即對人行善。
9. He that doth what he should not,shall feel what he would not. 若做了不應該做的事,則將產生自己所不希望有的感覺。
10. Each year one vicious habit rooted out,in time minght make the worst man good throughout. 每年根除一惡習,惡根亦會成完人。
11. Do me the favour to deny me at once. 立即把我拒絕,以此給我恩惠。
12. Cunning proceeds from want of capacity. 狡詐出自於能力的缺乏。
13. Clean your finger,before you point at my spots. 先洗浄你的手指,再指出我的汙跡。
14. Calamity and prisperity are the touchstones of integrity. 不幸與幸運都是正直的試金石。
15. Beware,beware!he'll cheat'ithout scruple,who can without fear. 當心,當心!行騙而無所畏懼者,也將無所顧慮。
16. A true great man will neither trample on a worm,nor sneak to an emperpor. 真正的偉人既不大肆踐踏小人物,也不會在皇帝麵前奴顔卑膝。
17. A quite conscience sleeps in thunder,but rest and guilt live far adunder. 平靜的良心能在雷聲中入睡,而安寧和負罪則無法毗鄰。
18. A candle lights others and consumes itself.蠟燭照亮別人,卻毀滅了自己。
19. A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.一鳥在手勝過雙鳥在林。
20. Virtue and happiness are mother and daugher. 美德和幸福猶如母女。
21. There is no man so bad,but he secretly respects the good. 再壞的人都會暗自敬重好人。
22. TAll mankind are beholden to him that is kind to the good. 行善者,人人銘記之。
23. Keep conscience clear,then never fear. 問心無愧,永無畏懼。