無功得名是常事

　　He laughs best who laughs last.

　　誰笑到最后，誰笑得最美。

　　Follow your own course, and let people talk.

　　走自己的路，讓別人說去吧。

　　What is learned in the cradle lasts till the grave.

　　嬰孩時期學到的東西，老死不會忘記。

　　Confidence is a plant of slow growth.

　　信任是一種生長緩慢的植物。

　　If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die.

　　不經考驗就依賴，不到瞑目便的悔。

　　Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.

　　成功地克服困難是最大的光榮。

　　Reputation is often got without merit and lost without fault.

　　無功得名是常事，無過失名也是常事。

　　Your father's honour is to you but a second-hand honour.

　　對于你來說，父親的榮譽只是間接的榮譽。

　　Never trust another what you should do yourself.

　　自己該做的事，決不要委托給旁人做。

　　It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody.

　　信任一切與不信任任何人，同樣是弱點。

　　Eat a peck of salt with a man before you trust him.

　　在你信任一個人之前，先要深入了解他。