1、make haste in doing good, restrain your mind from evil. whosoever is slow in doing well, his mind delights in evil?
及時行善，以免你的心裡再起壞念頭。凡是不能及時行善的人，內心常會生起惡念。
2、as from a heap of flowers many a garland is made even so many good deeds should be done by one born a mortal.
人生難免一死，應趁有生之年多做一點善事，宛如從一堆花朵做成許多花圈。
3、be tolerant among the intolerant, gentle among the violent, and free from greed among the greedy.
在急躁的人中要容忍，在凶暴的人中要溫和，在貪婪的人中要慷慨。
4、as a beautiful flower that is full of hue but lacks fragrance, even so fruitless is the well-spoken word of one who does not practice it.
只說好話而沒有實行是毫無結果的，這好比一朵美麗的花，徒具顏色而沒有芳香。
5、if a man practices himself what he admonishes others to do , he himself , being well-controlled, will have controlled over others. it is difficult, indeed, to control oneself.
教導別人應先以身作則。約束自己以後才能約束別人。約束自己實在難呀！
6、to his ruin, indeed, the fool gains knowledge and fame, they destroy his bright lot and cleave his head.
愚笨的人得到知識和名譽對自己毫無益處，不但損失了他的幸福，而且還會使他剛愎自用。
7、better than a thousand utterance with useless word is one single beneficial word, by hearing which one is pacified.
讀誦沒有用的話語一千句，倒不如只聽到一句有益的話帶給人安寧。
8、one should not pry into the faults of others, into things done and left undone by others. one should rather consider what by oneself is done and left undone.
不應挑剔別人的過失，批評別人已做和未做的事情。應時常反省自己的過失，考慮自己所做和未做的事情。
9、deed divides beings into lower and higher ones.
行為使人產生低賤和高尚的差別。
10、one should make his speeches free from caustic remarks against others.
一個人言談時。應避免以尖酸刻薄的話去批評別人。
11、the words of a man who is reserved in his speech and talks wisely and rationally are delightful to the ear.
講話有分寸，談吐婉轉、言之有理、那麽你講的話就會美妙動聽。
12、do not speak ill of others in their absence.
不要在別人背後說他們的壞話。
13、without learning, men grow as cows do increasing only in flesh not wisdom.
不學習的人，宛如老牛，肉雖多，卻沒有智慧。
14、with the intelligent, the wise, the learned, the devout and the dutiful --with such a virtuous, intellectual man should one associate.
要常親近賢明的人、有智慧的人、博學的人、忠誠熱心的人、盡責的人---常跟這些智德兼備的人來往。
15、be fond of sleep, fond of company, indolent, lazy and irritable-this is a cause of one’s downfall.
貪睡眠，愛閒聊，對所學的東西不感興趣，做事情懶懶散散，急躁而沒有耐心……是導致墮落的重大要素。
16、who strives not when he should strive, who, though young and strong, is given to idleness, who is loose in his purpose and thoughts, and who is lazy-that idler never finds the way to wisdom.