Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

  • -- Samuel Johnson 塞缪尔·约翰逊

单身汉有良心,已婚男人有妻子。

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I guarantee whenever I get married or have a baby, everyone is going to want to know my kid's name and I'm not going to say it for ages. That's just the way I want to do it. It'll come out but it won't have come from me.

我保证,无论我什么时候结婚或生孩子,每个人都想知道我孩子的名字,我不会说很长时间。这正是我想做的。它会出来,但不会从我这里出来。

When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl - and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to - which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage.

当我想到一个快乐、幸福、自由的年轻女孩——再看看一个年轻妻子通常注定要处于的那种病态、痛苦的状态——你无法否认这是婚姻的惩罚。

After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her.

这么多年过去了,我发现我一开始对夏娃的看法是错误的;有她住在花园外面总比没有她住在里面好。

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.

人类可以改变他们的气候,但不能改变他们的本性。一个出去当傻瓜的人,既不能骑马,也不能航海,使自己进入常识。

I think writers write for their consciences, they write for their own true audiences, for their souls.

我认为作家写作是为了他们的良知,他们写作是为了他们真正的读者,为了他们的灵魂。

Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.

单身汉比已婚男人更了解女人;如果他们不这样做,他们也会结婚。

Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; I am your friend, but never your possession.

温顺的妻子不是我职业的一部分;我是你的朋友,但绝不是你的财产。

Marriage is an institution, and you must be fully committed to it.

婚姻是一种制度,你必须全身心地投入其中。

Married couples tell each other a thousand things without speech.

结了婚的夫妻无言地告诉对方许多事情。

Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts.

借用别人意见的人永远也还不了债。