1. It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour.

                                                                                                                      ——Jefferson

律师的生意是：质问一切事情、得不出任何结果，而说话则按钟点收费。

                                                                                                      ——杰佛逊

2. Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

                                                                           ——Henry Adams

哲学：是对难以解释的问题作出的难以理解的答案。

                                                                      ——亨利·亚当斯

3. It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; we can dodge an elephant, but we can't a fly.

                                                                                                                                  ——Josh Billings

使我们烦恼而担忧的是琐碎的小事；我们可以多过大象，但避不开一只小苍蝇。

                                                                                                               ——乔西·比林斯

4. Friendship is like earthenware: once broken, it can be mended; love is like a mirror: once broken, that ends it.

                                                                                                                                                   ——Josh Billings.

友谊就像陶器：一旦破碎，可以修补。爱情就像镜子：一旦破碎，就不能重圆。

                                                                                                                ——乔西·比林斯

5. The man who is a pessimist before forty-eight knows too much; the man who is an optimist after forty eight knows too little.

             ——Mark Twain

未逾四十八岁的悲观主义者，是知道得太多的人；而年逾四十八岁的乐观主义者，是知道得太少的人。

                                                                                                                                                  ——马克·吐温