I think patriotism is like charity—it begins at home. 我认为爱国主义就如慈善——它是从家庭里开始的。 --《一个贵妇人的画像》
As conceited man is like the cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow. 一位自高自大的人，就像是一只公鸡，它以为太阳上升，是为了聆听它的啼声。 --《弗洛斯河上的磨坊》
No man is useless in this world who lightens the burden of someone else. 在这个世界上能为别人减轻负担的人都是有用的。 --《大卫·科波菲尔》
Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles. 有些人仿佛自己创造自己，在逆境中崛起，在无数阻碍中孤独然而却是不可抗拒地开辟自己的道路。 --《睡谷传说》
Dare and the world always yields. If it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb. 大胆挑战，世界总会让步。如果有时候你被它打败了，不断地挑战，它总会屈服的。 --《名利场》
To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder: but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight of all. 看见一对年轻人相亲相爱不足为奇，然而看到一对这样的老人确是人间最美的景致。 --《名利场》
Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love. This might be thought out at great length. 自私是一种容易激发爱的品质。这一点仔细想才能体会到。 --《红字》
All sorts of persons, and every individual, has a place to fill in the world, and is important in some respects, whether he chooses to be so or not. 各色人等，每一个人，不管选择与否，在世上都有自己的位置，都有自己的价值所在。 --《红字》
Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. 幸福来临时，人们往往不去注意。一旦我们有意去追求，幸福就会像高飞的大雁，永远追不到。 --《红字》
A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can. 一个女人要是不幸聪明得什么都懂，那就必须同时懂得怎么伪装成什么都不懂。 --《傲慢与偏见》