I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues.
To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one`s self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one`s own powers.
我不同意有些人把谦虚列为美德。对逻辑学家来说，一切事物应当是什么样就是什么样，对自己估价过低和夸大自己的才能一样都是违背真理的。

Wir sind gewohnt das die Menschen verhoehnen was sie nicht verstehen
我们已经习惯，有些人对于他们所不了解的事物偏要挖苦

Schade dass die Natur nur EINEN Mensch aus Dir schuf, Denn zum wuerdigen Mann war und zum Schelmen der Stoff.
上帝只造你成为一个人形，原来是体面其表，流氓其质。

The example of patient suffering is in itself the most precious of all lessons to an impatient world.
对于一个缺乏耐心的世界来说，坚韧而耐心地受苦，这本身就是最可宝贵的榜样。

When one tries to rise above Nature one is liable to fall below it. The highest type of man may revert to the animal if he leaves the straight road of destiny.
一个人要是想超过自然，他就会堕落到自然以下。最高等的人，一旦脱离了人类命运的康庄大道，就会变成动物

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt
任何确实得到的事实都要强于不确定的猜测

Where there is no imagination, there is no horror.
恐惧来自于未知

I never guess. It is a shocking habit.
我从不猜测.那是破坏思维的坏习惯

In solving a problem of this sort, the grant thing is to be able to reason backwards
在解决这类问题时,先前假定的观点必须能够向前回溯成立

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt
任何确实得到的事实都要强于不确定的猜测。

The more bizarre a thing is, the less mysterious it proves to be.
越是稀奇古怪的东西,通常包含隐密的成分越少