青春

Youth is the one thing worth having.

青春是唯一值得擁有的東西。

Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest

charms.

年輕人會毫無理由地笑起來。這是青春最主要的魅力之一。

An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young.

永葆青春的秘訣是對追逐享樂保持毫不節製的熱情。

Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever do they forgive them.

一開始孩子愛父母，長大些後他們評判父母。極少有孩子能原諒父母。

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.

每個女人都會變成母親那樣的人，這是女人的悲劇。沒有一個男人會變成母親那樣的人，這是男人的悲劇。

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And the body is born young and grows old. That is life’s tragedy.

靈魂生來蒼老，但在成長中變得年輕——這是生命的喜劇。身體生來年輕，卻在成長中漸漸衰老——這是生命的悲劇。

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older they know it.

年輕人如今認為金錢就是一切。當他們老了，發現情況確實如此。

Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven’t got the remotest knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest instinct about when to die.

親戚是一幫無聊至極的人。他們不僅一點兒也不知道該如何生活，並且還完全不明白該何時去死。

The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything.

老年人相信一切，中年人懷疑一切，年輕人知曉一切。