亲情

A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary. (D.C,Fisher, American female novelist)

母亲不是赖以依靠的人，而是使依靠成为不必要的人。(美国女小说家 菲席尔.D.C.)

All happy families are like one another; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. (Leo Tolstoy ,Russian writer)

所有幸福的家庭都十分相似；而每个不幸的家庭各有各自的不幸。(俄国文学家 托尔斯泰.L.)

All I am , or can be, I owe to my angel mother. (Abraham Lincoln, American president)

我之所有，我之所能，都归功于我天使般的母亲。(美国总统林肯)

As a modern parent, I know that it's not how much you give children those counts, it's the love and attention you shower on them. A caring attitude can not only save you a small fortune, but also even make you feel good about being tight-fisted and offering more care than presents. (O,Hare Noel, American writer)

作为一个现代的父母，我很清楚重要的不是你给了孩子们多少物质的东西，而是你倾注在他们身上的关心和爱。关心的态度不仅能帮你省下一笔可观的钱，而且甚至能使你感到一份欣慰，因为你花钱不多并且给予了胜过礼物的关怀。(美国作家 诺埃尔.O.)

Be it ever so humble² , there is no place like home. (John Howard Payne, American dramatist and actor)

金窝，银窝，不如自家的草窝。(美国剧作家、演员佩恩. J. H.)

He is the happiest ,be he King or peasant , who finds peace in his home. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German dramatist and poet)

无论是国王还是农夫，家庭和睦是最幸福的。(德国剧作家、诗人歌德. J.W.)

友情

Tart³ words make no friends: a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.

一匙蜂蜜捉到的蒼蝇要比一斤醋还多，刻薄话是交不到朋友的。

When befriended, remember it, when you befriend, forget it.

记住别人把你当成朋友的事,忘掉你把别人当成朋友的事。

Promises may get thee friends, but nonperformance will turn then into enemies.

承诺可以使你获得朋友，但是不兑现承诺又会将他们变成仇人

A false friend and a shadow, attend only while the sun shines.

阴影在阳光明媚时才有，狐朋狗友在春风得意时才有。

Be slow in chosing a friend, slower in changing.

选择朋友要谨慎, 改变朋友更要谨慎。

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend forget it.

被当做朋友时应记住; 以朋友对人时就忘掉。

爱情

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

婚前瞪大你的双眼,婚后睁一眼闭一眼。

The proof of gold is fire, the proof of woman, gold;the proof of man,a woman。

烈火能考验黄金；黄金能考验女人; 女人能考验男人。

Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

哪里有没有爱的婚姻, 哪里就有没有婚姻的爱。

He that goes far to marry, will either deceive or be deceived.

配偶找到远地他乡,不是他被对方欺骗，就是他在欺骗对方。

A good wife and health, is a man's best wealth.

贤妻和健康是男人最好的财富。

The good or ill hap¹ of good or ill life, is the good or ill choice of a good or ill wife.

生活机遇的好坏,在于选择妻子的好坏。