坐着的猫是宁静的理想体现。

不曾养猫的人，很难想象与猫一起生活是什么样，而养过猫的人，无法想象没有猫的日子该怎么过。

摆脱诱惑的唯一方法就是服从它。除了诱惑，我可以抵抗任何东西。The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. I can resist anything but temptation.

敌人造成的困难很容易忍受，朋友取得的成功却让人很难忍受。It is very easy to endure the difficulties of one's enemies. It is the successes of one's friends that are hard to bear.

世界上只有一件事比被人议论更糟糕，那就是没人议论你。The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

人生的悲剧只有两种：一种是没有得到自己想要的东西，另一种是得到自己想要的东西。There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

一个人总是可以善待他毫不在乎的人。One can always be kind to people one cares nothing about.

任何人都能对朋友的不幸感到同情，但要消受一个春风得意的朋友，则需要非常优良的天性。Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.

我喜欢看戏。与人生相比，戏剧更加真实。I love acting. It is so much more real than life.

我想所有迷人的人都是被宠爱着的，这是他们魅力来源的秘密。All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction

每个圣人都有过去，每个罪人都有未来。Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

一个思想若称不上危险，那么它就不值得被称作思想。An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.