无功得名是常事

He laughs best who laughs last.

谁笑到最后，谁笑得最美。

Follow your own course, and let people talk.

走自己的路，让别人说去吧。

What is learned in the cradle lasts till the grave.

婴孩时期学到的东西，老死不会忘记。

Confidence is a plant of slow growth.

信任是一种生长缓慢的植物。

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

不经考验就依赖，不到瞑目便的悔。

Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.

成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。

Reputation is often got without merit and lost without fault.

无功得名是常事，无过失名也是常事。

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

对于你来说，父亲的荣誉只是间接的荣誉。

Never trust another what you should do yourself.

自己该做的事，决不要委托给旁人做。

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

信任一切与不信任任何人，同样是弱点。

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

在你信任一个人之前，先要深入了解他。