Make use of time if you love eternity， yesterday cannot be recalled； tomorrow cannot be assured；only today is yours， which if you procrastinate， you lose， and which lost is lost forever. One today is worth two tomorrow.
——Anatole France， French novelist and critic
如果你愛永恒，就該很好地利用時間，昔日不再來；明天難保證；把握住今天，稍耽誤它也
會逝去；失去的將不再複返。一個今天抵得上兩個明天。
——法國小說家、文藝評論家A.法朗士
Never leave that until tomorrow， which you can do today.
——Benjamin Franklin， American president
今天的事不要拖到明天。
——美國總統B.富蘭克林
Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it， you have got to start young.
——Fred Astaire， American dancer
老年和其他事物一樣，要使之成功，必須從年輕時開始。
——美國舞蹈家F.阿斯泰厄
Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time， a man of talent tries to use it.
——Arthur Schopenhauer， German philosopher
普通人隻想到如何度過時間，有才能的人設法利用時間。
——德國哲學家A.叔本華
Procrastination is the thief of time.
——Edward Young， British poet
拖延即偷竊時間。
——英國詩人E.楊格
The best way to suppose what may come is to remember what is past.
——George Halifax， British statesman
推測將要發生什麼，最好的方法是記住已經發生了什麼。
——英國政治家G.哈利法克斯
The golden age is before us， not behind us.
——Mark Twain， American writer
黃金時代在我們前麵而不在我們背後。
——美國作家馬克 · 吐溫
The simple life is not necessarily living in a cabin， cultivating beans； it is refusing to let our lives be frittered away by detail.