Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion.

每个人被疯狗攻击时都是聪明的;当被一个疯女人追赶的时候就更少了;只有最聪明的人才能在受到疯狂想法的攻击时生存下来。

Fools live to regret their words wise men to regret their silence.

傻瓜后悔说过的话，聪明人后悔沉默。

Good advice is a wise man's friend, of course; but sometimes it just flies on past, and all you can do is wave.

好建议当然是智者的朋友;但有时它只是匆匆而过，你所能做的就是挥一挥手。

Hatred corrodes the vessel in which it is stored.

仇恨腐蚀了储存仇恨的容器。

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

智慧人不为自己没有的事忧愁，却为自己所有的事快乐。

He is not wise to me who is wise in words only, but he who is wise in deeds.

不但在言语上有智慧的，在行为上也有智慧。

He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise one.

他知道我喜欢大学篮球的关系。一直以来，他都是明智的。

He that will write well in any tongue, must follow this counsel of Aristotle, to speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do: and so should every man understand him, and the judgment of wise men allow him.

凡能用任何语言写好文章的人，都必须遵循亚里士多德的这一忠告，以普通人的方式说话，以智者的方式思考。每个人都应该理解他，智者的判断也允许他这样做。

He was a wise man who invented beer.

他是一个发明啤酒的聪明人。

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.

生活中没有愚蠢的人并不像他认为的那样聪明。

I am content with nothing, restless and ambitious... and I despise myself for the vanity, which formed half the stimulus to my exertions. Oh would that I were one of those plodding wise fools who having once set their hand to the plough go on nothing doubting.

我什么都不满足，躁动不安，野心勃勃……我鄙视自己的虚荣心，虚荣心是我努力的一半动力。啊，但愿我是那些曾经着手犁地的迟钝而又聪明的傻瓜之一，什么也不怀疑。

I am not wise, but I can always learn.

我不聪明，但我总能学习。

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born.

我一直后悔我没有像我出生的那天那么聪明。

I have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded, perhaps too much and too often. As for money, I have only realized its true worth when I didn't have it.

我没有那么聪明。我认为健康是理所当然的。我要求的爱，也许太多太多了。至于钱，我只是在没有钱的时候才意识到它的真正价值。

I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.

我读过柏拉图和西塞罗的名言，它们睿智而优美;但这两句我一句也没有念过。凡劳苦担重担的人，可以到我这里来。