life is a leaf of paper white, thereon each of us may write his word or two. ( a. lowell )生活是一張白紙，每個人都在上面寫上自己的一兩句話。(洛威爾)

　　on earth there is nothing at but man; in the man there is nothing at but mind. ( a. hamilton )地球上唯一偉大的是人，人身上唯一偉大的是心靈。(哈密爾頓)

　　for man is man and master of his fate. ( a. tennyson )人就是人，是自己命運的主人。(丁尼生)

　　ideas are like the stars --- we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them. ( c. schurz )理想就象是星星——我們永遠無法到達，但是我們象水手一樣，用它們指引航程。(舒爾茨)

　　don't worry, be happy!

　　別擔心，快樂點!

　　look on the bright side.

　　看光明的一面。(往好的一面看。)

　　keep your chin up. everything will be all right.

　　抬頭挺胸(不要氣餒)。一切會沒問題的。

　　take it easy, man. its not that big of adeal.

　　放輕松，老兄。沒什么大不了的。

　　heaven will always leave a door open.

　　天堂永遠留一扇開著的門。(天無絕人之路。)

　　be more optimistic! its not the end of the world.

　　樂觀一點!又不是世界末日。

　　laugh, and the world will laugh with you.

　　如果你笑(樂觀)，世界也會陪你一塊歡笑。

　　don't get down. things will work out eventually.

　　別失望，事情最后總會有辦法解決的。

　　life is full of trial and error. one failure doesn't mean you're out of the picture.

　　人生充滿了嘗試與錯誤。一次失敗不代表你就出局了。

　　hang in there! / stick to it! the victory will go to you in theend.

　　堅持下去，勝利最后會屬于你的。