Happy are those who are well born, but happier are those who have a good death. 生得好的人是幸福的，死得好的人是幸福的。
To me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. Every cubic inch of space is a miracle. 对我来说，每一个小时的光明和黑暗都是一个奇迹。每一立方英寸的空间都是一个奇迹。 -- Walt Whitman 沃尔特惠特曼
What a man has made himself he will be; his state is the result of his past life, and his heaven or hell is in himself. 一个人将成为什么样的人;他的状态是他过去生活的结果，他的天堂或地狱在他自己。 -- Catherine Crowe 凯瑟琳·克劳
Some folks are happier not being saved. 有些人更高兴没有被拯救。 -- Lisa Kleypas 丽莎·克莱帕丝
My God, how can anyone ever be a master of music? 天哪，怎么会有人能成为音乐大师呢? -- Paul Hindemith 保罗·辛德米蒂
Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay. 贝琳达笑了，整个世界都是快乐的。 -- Alexander Pope 亚历山大·波普
When God throws the dice, they are loaded. 当上帝掷骰子的时候，他们是富有的。
The pitcher doth not go so often to the well, but it comes home broken at last. 水罐不常到井边去打，但它最终会破环而归。
Not even old age knows how to love death. 即使到了老年，也不知道如何热爱死亡。 -- Sophocles 索福克勒斯
And from the discontent of man The world's best progress springs. 世界上最好的进步源于人类的不满。 -- Ella Wheeler Wilcox 埃拉·惠勒·威尔科克斯