青春

Youth is the one thing worth having.

青春是唯一值得拥有的东西。

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

charms.

年轻人会毫无理由地笑起来。这是青春最主要的魅力之一。

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

永葆青春的秘诀是对追逐享乐保持毫不节制的热情。

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

一开始孩子爱父母，长大些后他们评判父母。极少有孩子能原谅父母。

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

每个女人都会变成母亲那样的人，这是女人的悲剧。没有一个男人会变成母亲那样的人，这是男人的悲剧。

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.

灵魂生来苍老，但在成长中变得年轻——这是生命的喜剧。身体生来年轻，却在成长中渐渐衰老——这是生命的悲剧。

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

年轻人如今认为金钱就是一切。当他们老了，发现情况确实如此。

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.

亲戚是一帮无聊至极的人。他们不仅一点儿也不知道该如何生活，并且还完全不明白该何时去死。

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

老年人相信一切，中年人怀疑一切，年轻人知晓一切。