肮脏的灵魂比有病的身体更危险。
Diseases of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body.
笔是心之舌。
The pen is the tongue of the mind.
不会反复思考的人就不会思考。
He thinks not well that thinks not again.
多疑源于无知。
Ignorance is the mother of suspicions.
读书可以充实思想，谈话可以使思想更完美。
By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.
好格言是美德的起源。
Good maxims（格言）are the germs of all excellence.
好故事百听不厌。
A good tale is none the worse for being twice told.
精神世界的富有才是真正的富有。
The wealth of the mind is the only / true wealth.
理想好比星星，永远够不着，但可以给水手指引航向。
Ideals are like the stars—we never reach them, but like mariners（水手）, we chart our course by them.
没有两个人的思想是一样的。
No two minds think alike.
人无思想，何以为人？
What is a man but his mind.
身体是灵魂的监狱。
The body is the prison of the soul.
生活要俭朴，思想要高尚。
Plain living, high thinking.
世界上人是最伟大的，而人身上思想是最伟大的。
On earth there is nothing great but man, in man there is nothing great but mind.
事情本无好坏，全在自己的心态。
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
思考不同于理解。
Thinking is very far from knowing.
思想是风，知识是帆，人类是船。
Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.
思想是行动的种子。
Though is the seed of action.
随波逐流。（没有思想）。傻子过年，跟别人学着过。
One sheep follows another.
伟大的灵魂在沉默中忍受。
Great souls suffer in silence.
伟大思想代代有，载入史册用不朽。
In books, are embalmed the greatest thoughts of all ages.
伟人能够影响他那一代人的思想。
A great man is one who affects the mind of his generation.
小小的躯体往往会有伟大的灵魂。
Little bodies may have great souls.
言为心声。
One’s words reflect one’s thinking.
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Speech is the picture of the mind.
The head is recognized by the tongue.
What the heart thinks, the tongue / the mouth speaks.
Words are the voice of the heart.
Your conversation is the mirror of your thoughts.
谚语不是空谈。
Proverbs are not vain words.
谚语皆有真理存在。
There’s no proverb without a grain of truth.
谚语来自于日常经验。
Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.
谚语是时代的智慧。
Proverbs are the wisdom of the ages.
谚语是一国的思想精华。
Proverbs are the cream of a nation’s thought.
谚语为语言增光。
Proverbs are the lamps to words.
谚语言简短，得自老经验。
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
夜深人静时最适合思考。
Our pillow is our best adviser.
The night will give you counsel.
音乐可以净化灵魂。
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
有崇高思想的陪伴，高尚者决不是孤立的。
He is never alone that is in the company of noble thoughts.
有了自知之明就是真正的进步。
To know one’s self is true progress.
有思想的人，逆境中见希望，顺境中见忧患。
A well-prepared mind hopes in adversity and fears in prosperity.
愿望是思想之父。
Wish / The wish is father to the thought.
直到被生活证实了，谚语才有意义。
A proverb is no proverb to you till your life has illustrated it.
至理名言从不会过时。
A good maxim is never out of season.
装饰外表容易，粉饰灵魂难。
The body is sooner dressed than the soul.
罪恶的思想是罪恶的根源。
He who thinks of evil will be evil.
