Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
与其诅咒黑暗，不如燃起蜡烛。

If you would be loved, love and be lovable.
想被人爱，就要去爱别人，并让自己可爱。

God helps those who help themselves.
天助自助者。

Life is not all beer and skittles.
人生并非尽是乐事。

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
忍耐是痛苦的，但它的果实是甜蜜的。

Genius only means hard-working all one's life.
天才只意味着终身不懈的努力。

If you don't keep your dreams alive，you won't have your dreams any longer.
不让梦想燃烧，怎能让梦想永存。

He who seizes the right moment is the right man.
谁把握机遇，谁就心想事成。

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
不记得过去的人，注定要重蹈覆辙。

The greatest risk in life is to risk nothing.
人生中最大的风险是过没有任何风险的生活。

Achievement provides the only real pleasure in life.
有所成就是人生唯一的真正乐趣。

All things are difficult before they are easy.
凡事都是先难后易。

A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
一心不能二用。

I just want someone who will understand me even when no words are spoken.
我想有一个人明白我，即使我什么都没说。