没有反省的人生不值得活。 (The unexamined life is not worth living. )
耐心是一切聪明才智的基础。
人是寻求意义的动物。
不知道自己的无知,乃是双倍的无知。
初期教育应是一种娱乐,这样才更容易发现一个人天生的爱好。
聪明人说话,是因为有些话要说;蠢人说话,则因为要说些话。 (Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, becasue they have to say something. )
只有死者才能看到战争终结 (Only the dead have seen the end of war )
恋爱是一种严重的精神病。
孩子怕黑暗情有可原,人生真正的悲剧是成人怕光明。
上帝永远将一切几何化。 (God eternally geometrizes. )
地球万事万物,在天堂都有理想版本,其重要性不在于他们是否真实存在,而在我们无瑕的追求。
朋友都是有共通点的。(Friends have all things in common. )
当碰到了爱情,每个人都成了诗人 (At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.)
和一个人玩一个小时对他的了解,胜过于一年的对谈 (You can learn more about a man in an hour of play, than in a year of conversation. )
开始是工作最重要的一部分。 (The beginning is the most important part of the work. )
眼睛是灵魂之窗 (The eyes which are the windows of the soul. )
唯一的好是知识,唯一的恶是无知 (There is only one good, which is knowledge, and one evil, which is ignorance. )
好人不循法律而行事,恶人循法律边缘而行 (Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.