Man is the artificer of his own happiness.
［注解］artificer技工，工匠。
［译］人之幸福，自己创造。
Marriage is the bloom or blight of all men's happiness.
［译］结婚是人生的幸福花朵开放的时候，也可能是凋谢的时候。
Marriage makes or mars a man.
［译］婚姻能成全人也能害人。
Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.
［注解］意指草率结婚必后悔。
［译］结婚太急，后悔莫及。
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
［译］对于大多数人来说，他们认定自己有多幸福，就有多幸福。