无女人与炉火之房屋,犹如无灵魂或精神之身体。
Ne’er take a wife till thou hast a house(and a fire) to put her in.(8)
勿娶老婆,直到有房(和炉火)让她安身。
Love well,whip well.
爱之深,恨之切。
Beware of meat twice boil’d and an old foe recondil’d.
肉久炖会烂,长久地善待顽敌也会将其化解。
A good wife lost is God’s gift lost.
好妻一旦失去,等于把天赐之物丢掉。
Do good to thy friend to keep him,to thy enemy to gain him.
对朋友行善以留住他,对敌人行善以争取他。
Be slow in chusing a friend,slower in changing.(9)
选择朋友要慎重,更换朋友更应慎重。
Love and lordship hate companions.
爱情与权力都不喜欢伴侣。(注:指出了二者的特点。爱情是需要专一的。而一山也是不能藏二虎的。)
There are no ugly loves,nor handsome prisons.
既无丑陋的爱情,又无漂亮的监狱。
No better relation than a prudent and faithful friend.
最好的亲属莫过于谨慎忠诚的朋友。
Love,and be lov’d.
爱,然后被爱。
An open foe may prove a curse;but a pretended friend is worse.
公开的敌人是祸害,但虚假的朋友比之更坏。
Promises may get thee friends,but nonperformance will turn them into enemies.
许诺会赢得朋友,但食言则会化友为敌。
When befriended,remember it;when you befriend,forget it.
当你被别人善待时,请记住;当你善待别人时,请忘记。
Ill company is like a dog who dirts those most,that he loves best.
坏朋友就像狗一样,把人最喜爱的东西弄得最肮脏。
He that has not got a wife,is not yet a compleat man.(10)
无妻不算完人。
Tart words make no friends: a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than gallon of vinegar.(11)
尖酸的话交不到朋友:一匙蜂蜜比一加仑醋能引来更多的苍蝇。
The same man cannot be both friend and flatterer.
友好和奉承不可兼于一身。
A true friend is the best possession.
真诚的朋友是最宝贵的财富。
Wars bring scars.
战争给人带来创伤。
A good wife and health,is a man’s best wealth.
贤妻健体,是男人所能拥有的最好财富。
A quarrelsome man has no good neighbours.
好争吵者无好邻居。
A father’s a treasure;a brother’s a comfort;a friend is both.
父亲是珍宝,兄弟是安慰,朋友两齐备。
If Jack’s in love,he’s no judge of Jill’s beauty.
情人眼里出西施。
You can bear your own faults,and why not a fault in your wife.
既然能容忍自己的许多错误,为何不能容忍妻子的一个错误。
Love and toothach have many cures,but none infallible,except possession and dispossession.
爱情和牙痛有多种疗法,但无一可靠,除非要么留着,要么拔去。
Friendship increases by visiting friends,but by visiting seldom.
友谊在朋友互访中增长,但互访不能过于经常。
’Tis great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults,greater to tell him his.
告诉朋友自己的错是对他很大的信任,而告诉朋友他的错是对他更大的信任。
A brother may not be a friend,but a friend will always be a brother.
兄弟可能不是朋友,但朋友总是兄弟。
Friendship cannot live with ceremony,nor without civility.
友谊不能有客套,但也少不了礼貌。
Friends are the true scentres of princes.(12)
朋友是君主的真正节杖。
If you would be loved,love and be loveable.
若欲被人爱,需爱人且又可爱。
A false friend and a shadow, attend only while the sun shines.
虚假的朋友就像影子,只有当太阳照耀时才伴随在你身边。
When a friend deals with a friend,let the bargain be clear and well penn’d,that they may continue friends to the end.
朋友间做交易,应把合同写得清清楚楚并结清账目,这样才能永久保持朋友的关系。
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