Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action.
最可怕的事莫过于无知而行动。
Wisdom is more precious than wealth.
智慧比财富更宝贵。
The wise man is always a good listener.
智者善听人言。
Wise men are silent; fools talk.
蠢人多话，智者寡言。
Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
-- Bacon
读书使人充实，讨论使人机敏，写作使人严谨。 --培根
Reading enriches the mind.
开卷有益。
He that can read an meditate will not find his evenings long or life tedious.
会读书思索的人不会感到长夜无聊或生活乏味。
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest men of
past centuries. -- Descartes
所有的好书，读起来就如同和过去世界上最杰出的人谈话。 -- 笛卡尔
There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the
fatiguing climb of its steep paths have a chance of gaining its
luminous summits.
在科学上没有平坦大道，只有不畏劳苦沿着陡峭山路攀登的人，才有希望达到光辉的顶点。
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.
书籍和朋友，在好不在多。
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit. --L.W.Akott
好书使人开卷有所求，闭卷有所获。 -- 奥尔科特
