1.Wisdom is more to be envied than riches.

知识可羡，胜于财富。

2.Wisdom is better than gold or silver.

知识胜过金银，

3.Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.

胸中有知识，胜于手中有钱。

4.Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.

为了求知识，代价虽高也值得。

5.Doubt is the key of knowledge.

怀疑是知识之钥。

6.Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.

知识之于精神，一如健康之于肉体

7.Reading is not only beneficial to widen your horizon but also helpful to master the language.

读书不仅有益于开阔视野，也有助于我们驾驭语言。

8.Reading make a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.

阅读使人充实，交谈使人机智，写作使人精确。

9.Reading ten thousand books is like traveling ten thousand miles.

读万卷书，行万里路。

10.The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

智慧就是懂得该忽略什么的技巧。

11.a lazy youth， a lousy age.

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

12.ignorance is not innocence but sin.

无知并非纯真，而是罪恶。

13.time is a bird for ever on the wing.

时间是一只永远在飞翔的鸟

14.the force of the wind tests the strength of the grass.

疾风知劲草。

15.books are the food for the hungry of great mind.

书籍是伟大的饥饿的粮食。

16.Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. ---Bacon

书有可浅尝者，有可吞食者，少数则须咀嚼消化。换言之，有只须读其部分者，有只须大体涉猎者，少数则须全读，读时须全神贯注，孜孜不倦。

17.It’s to books that I owe everything that is good in time. – Gorky

我认为，一切恒久美好的东西来自书籍。