Better sense in the head than cents in the pocket.
［译］口袋里有钱，不如头脑里有知识。
Better unborn than untaught.
［译］生而不教，不如不生。
Books are ships that pass through the vast sea of time.
［译］书籍是时光这一汪洋大海中的航船。
Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.
［译］书籍是储藏智慧的不灭明灯。
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.
［译］读书如交友，应求少而精。
Bread nourishes the body, and books enrich the mind.
［译］面包营养身体，书却丰富头脑。
By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.
［译］读书能充实思想，交谈使其更臻完美。