There has never been a time when you and I have not existed, nor will there be a time when we will cease to exist. As the same person inhabits the body through childhood, youth, and old age, so too at the time of death he attains another body. The wise are not deluded by these changes.

你我从来没有不存在过，我们也不会停止存在。正如一个人在童年、青年和老年时期都住在身体里一样，他在死时也获得了另一个身体。聪明人不会被这些变化所迷惑。

There has never been an age that did not applaud the past and lament the present.

从来没有一个时代不为过去喝彩，为现在悲叹。

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.

青春之泉就在那里:它是你的头脑，你的才能，你为你的生活和你所爱的人的生活带来的创造力。当你学会利用这个资源时，你就真的战胜了年龄。

There is a place where you can touch a woman that will drive her crazy. Her heart.

有一个地方，你可以触摸到一个会让她发疯的女人。她的心。

There is a time of life somewhere between the sullen fugues of adolescence and the retrenchments of middle age when human nature becomes so absolutely absorbing one wants to be in the city constantly, even at the height of summer.

在人的一生中，总有那么一段时间介于青春期阴郁的迷惘和中年时期的紧缩之间，在这段时间里，人的本性变得如此完全地吸引人，以至于人们想要经常呆在城市里，即使是在盛夏。

There is absolutely nothing to be said in favour of growing old. There ought to be leglislation against it.

对于变老，绝对没有什么可说的。应该有法律来反对它。

There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God.

未来是有希望的，因为上帝有幽默感，我们是有趣的上帝。

There is little more I can add short of dissecting the man, or going into intimate details such as the modest proportions and slight southeasterly curvature of his manhood.

除了解剖这个人，或者深入研究他的一些私密细节，比如他的身材比例适中，略微有点东南方的曲度，我没有什么可以补充的了。

There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to impose it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.

如果你在五岁之前就开始以一种非常严肃的态度不断地重复它，没有什么荒谬是如此明显，以至于你不能把它牢牢地植入人的头脑。

There is no labor a person does that is undignified; if they do it right.

没有一种劳动是不体面的;如果他们做对了。

There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.

无所事事是没有乐趣的;有趣的是有很多事情要做而不去做。

There is nothing funny about a well-adjusted, intelligent person making the right choices.

一个善于调整、聪明的人做出正确的选择，这一点都不可笑。

There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.

没有什么比平庸更可怕、更无礼、更令人沮丧的了。

There is something that falls short of perfection in every book, without exception, something influenced by the age, even something ridiculous; just like everyone, without exception, has weaknesses.

每一本书都有不完美的地方，无一例外，有受时代影响的地方，甚至有可笑的地方;每个人都有弱点，没有例外。

There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood. They should not be given too much responsibility.

必须有一项法律禁止强迫儿童在很小的时候就学习。孩子们应该有一个美好的童年。他们不应该被赋予太多的责任。