1. 友谊能增进快乐，减轻痛苦；因为它能倍增我们的喜悦，分担我们的烦忧。

1. Friendship can enhance happiness and alleviate pain; because it can multiply our joy and share our worries.

2. 每一个人都会开列出一张长长的清单，要求他的朋友应具备哪些美德与良好品格，但却很少有人愿照着自己的清单去培养自己的品德。

2. Everyone will list a long list of virtues and good character traits that they expect their friends to possess, but few people are willing to cultivate their own character according to their list.

3. 好动与不满足是进步的第一必须品。

3. Restlessness and dissatisfaction are the first prerequisites for progress.

4. 没有任何权宜之计可以让人逃避真正的劳动

4. There is no makeshift solution that can allow one to evade genuine labor.

5. 如果你年轻时不学习并领悟思考，那就永远不会——爱迪生

5. If you do not learn and comprehend thinking when you are young, you will never do so — Edison

6. 我平生从来没有做出过一次偶然的发明。我的一切发明都是经过深思熟虑和严格试验的结果。

6. I have never made any accidental inventions in my life. All my inventions are the result of careful thought and rigorous testing.

7. 不下决心培养思考习惯的人，便失去了生活中最大的乐趣。

7. Those who do not make a resolution to cultivate the habit of thinking lose the greatest joy in life.

8. 失败也是我所需要的，它和成功对我一样有价值。只有在我知道一切做不好的方法以后，我才知道做好一件工作的方法是什么。

8. Failure is also something I need; it holds the same value to me as success. It is only after I know all the ways something can go wrong that I understand what it takes to do a job well.

9. 大多数人失去工作，是因为这些工作披着辛勤的外衣。

9. The majority of people lose their jobs because these jobs are shrouded in the guise of hard work.

10. 荣誉感是一种优良的品质，因而只有那些禀性高尚积极向上或受过良好教育的人才具备。

10. A sense of honor is a fine quality, and thus it is only possessed by those of noble nature, who are positive and upward-looking, or those who have received good education.

11. 我始终不愿抛弃我的奋斗生活，我极端重视奋斗得来的经验，尤其是战胜困难后所得到的愉快，一个人要先经过困难，然后踏进顺境，才觉得受用、舒适。

11. I have always been unwilling to abandon my struggle for a living, and I place extreme importance on the experience gained through struggle, especially the joy obtained after overcoming difficulties. A person must first go through hardships and then enter a period of ease and comfort before they truly appreciate and find it comfortable.

12. 当你希望成功，当以恒心为良友。

12. When you hope for success, make perseverance your good friend.

13. 世间没有一种具有真正价值的东西，可以不经过艰苦辛勤的劳动而能够得到的。

13. There is no truly valuable thing in the world that can be obtained without going through hard and diligent labor.

14. 虽然咱们总是叹息性命的短促，但咱们却在每个阶段都盼望它的终结。儿童时期盼望成年，成年盼望成家，之后又想发财，继之又期望获得名誉地位，最后又想归隐。

14. Although we always sigh over the brevity of life, we look forward to its end at every stage. In childhood, we look forward to adulthood; in adulthood, we long to get married; then we want to become wealthy; followed by the desire for fame and status; and finally, we yearn for retirement.

15. 如果你希望成功，当以恒心为良友，以经验为参谋，以当心为兄弟，以希望为哨兵。

15. If you wish to succeed, make constancy your friend, experience your counselor, caution your brother, and hope your sentry.

16. 书籍是天才留给人类的遗产，世代相传，更是给予那些尚未出世的人的礼物。

16. Books are the heritage left by geniuses to humanity, passed down through generations, and are also a gift given to those who have not yet been born.

17. 世界上没有任何一种具有真正价值的东西能够不经过辛勤劳动而能够得的。

17. There is nothing of true value in the world that can be obtained without hard work.

18. 我的人生哲学是工作，我要揭示大自然的奥妙，为人类造福。

18. My philosophy in life is work, I want to uncover the mysteries of nature and bring benefits to humanity.

19. 失败也是我需要的，它和成功对我一样有价值，只有在我知道一切做不好的方法以后，我才能知道做好一件工作的方法是什么。——爱迪生

19. Failure is also what I need, just as valuable as success to me. Only after I know all the ways of doing something wrong can I know what the method is to do a job well. — Thomas Edison

20. 天才就是1%的灵感加上99%的汗水，相应地天才常常是那些做好了所有功课的人。

20. Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration; accordingly, geniuses are often those who have done all their homework.

21. 我的人生哲学是工作，我要揭示大自然的奥秘，并以此为人类造福。我们在世的短暂的一生中，我不知道还有什么比这种服务更好的了。

21. My philosophy in life is work. I want to uncover the mysteries of nature and use them to benefit humanity. I do not know of anything better than this service in our short life on earth.

22. 任何问题都有解决的办法，无法可想的事是没有的。——爱迪生

22. There is a solution to any problem, and there is no such thing as an unsolvable issue. - Thomas Edison

23. 世间没有一种具有真正价值的东西，能够不经过艰苦辛勤劳动而能够得到的。——爱迪生

23. There is no truly valuable thing in the world that can be obtained without hard work and perseverance. - Thomas Edison

24. 一个人要先经过困难，然后踏入顺境，才觉得受用，舒服。?>

24. A person must first go through hardships before stepping into prosperity and then feels its benefits and comfort.

25. 伟大人物的最明显标志，就是他坚强的意志，不管环境变换到何种地步，他的初衷与期望仍不会有丝毫的改变，而最后克服障碍，以到达期望的目的。——爱迪生

25. The most evident sign of a great person is their strong will. No matter how the environment changes, their original intention and expectations will not change at all, and in the end, they will overcome obstacles to reach the desired goal. – Thomas Edison

26. 每一个人都会开列出一张长长的清单，要求他的兄弟姐妹应具备哪些美德与良好品格，但却很少有人愿照着自我的清单去培养自我的品德。

26. Everyone will list a long list of virtues and good character traits that they expect their siblings to possess, but few people are willing to cultivate their own character according to their own list.

27. 失败也是我需要的，它和成功对我一样有价值。只有在我知道一切做不好的方法以后，我才知道做好一件工作的方法是什么。

27. Failure is also something I need; it holds as much value to me as success. It is only after I know all the ways to do something wrong that I can understand what it takes to do a job well.

28. 我平生从来没有做出过一次偶然的发明。我的一切发明都是经过深思熟虑和严格试验的结果。——爱迪生

28. I have never made a discovery by accident in my life. All my inventions have been the result of deliberate thought and strict experimentation. — Edison

29. 我始终不愿抛弃我的斗争的生活。我极端重视由斗争得来的经验，尤其是战胜困难后所得的愉快;一个人要先经过困难，然后踏进顺境，才觉得受用舒服。

29. I have always been unwilling to abandon my life of struggle. I place the utmost importance on the experience gained through struggle, especially the joy derived from overcoming difficulties; one must first go through difficulties and then step into ease and comfort to truly appreciate it.

30. 一个人要先经过困难，然后踏入顺境，才觉得受用舒服。

30. One must first go through difficulties and then step into ease before one feels comfortable and content.

31. 良好的性格贵于黄金黄金；前者是自然的天赋，后者是命运的赐予。

31. A good character is more valuable than gold; the former is a natural gift, and the latter is a gift from fate.

32. 教育之琢磨心灵，有如雕塑术之将大理石雕塑成器。

32. The refining of the mind through education is akin to the art of sculpture, which transforms marble into a work of art.

33. 人生太短暂了，事情是这样的多，能不兼程而进吗

33. Life is too short, and there are so many things to do, can't we make progress simultaneously?

34. 教育之于人有如雕刻之于大理石。

34. Education to man is what sculpture is to marble.

35. 想像务必是热的，才能够使它以外界的东西所收到的形象留下模印。

35. The imagination must be warm in order for the impressions received from external things to leave an imprint.