1.reading is not only beneficial to widen your horizon but also helpful to master the language.讀書不僅有益於開闊視野，也有助於我們駕馭語言。
2.reading make a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.閱讀使人充實，交談使人機智，寫作使人精確。
3.reading ten thousand books is like traveling ten thousand miles.讀萬卷書，行萬里路。
4.the art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.智慧就是懂得該忽略什麼的技巧。
5.the three foundations of learning; seeing much, suffering much, and studying much. 求學的三個基本條件是：多觀察，多吃苦，多研究。
6.those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it.想要收穫自由之果的人，必須承受維護自由的勞苦。
7.time is a bird for ever on the wing.時間是一隻永遠在飛翔的鳥。
8.too great an eagerneto discharge on obligation is a species of ingratitude.急於逃避履行義務是一種忘恩負義的行為。
9.what one describes in the books is one’s thought in his mind. the personality of a book is that of the author.書跡即心跡，書品即人品。
10.if a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.如果一個人傾其所有以求學問，那么這些學問是沒有人能拿走的。
11.ignorance is not innocence but sin.無知並非純真，而是罪惡。
12.isn’t it a happy thing if you review what you have learned on time?學而時習之，不亦樂乎?
13.it never will rain roses. when we want to have more roses we must plant trees.天上永遠不會掉下玫瑰來，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必須自己種植。
14.knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. 知識來了，智慧卻遲遲不前。
15.knowledge is one thing, virtue is another.知識是一回事，美德是另一回事。
16.learning without thinking leads to confusion; thinking without studying results in tardiness.學而不思則罔，思而不學則殆。
17.life is short and art is long. 人生短暫，學術無涯。
18.much learning shows how little mortals know.博學而後始知人類所知有限。
19.no matter how much one has experienced, he can’t enrich his knowledge without reading books.無論親身經歷如何豐富的人，如果不讀書，知識不可能豐富起來的。