Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling theorist has experienced. 艺术不是手艺，它是艺术家的体验到的感情的传递。 --《安娜·卡列尼娜》
Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal, there is no secure direction; without direction, there is no life. 理想是指路明灯。没有理想，就没有坚定的方向；没有方向，就没有生活。 --《安娜·卡列尼娜》
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. 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。 --《安娜·卡列尼娜》
I think patriotism is like charity—it begins at home. 我认为爱国主义就如慈善——它是从家庭里开始的。 --《一个贵妇人的画像》
As conceited man is like the cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow. 一位自高自大的人，就像是一只公鸡，它以为太阳上升，是为了聆听它的啼声。 --《弗洛斯河上的磨坊》
No man is useless in this world who lightens the burden of someone else. 在这个世界上能为别人减轻负担的人都是有用的。 --《大卫·科波菲尔》
Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles. 有些人仿佛自己创造自己，在逆境中崛起，在无数阻碍中孤独然而却是不可抗拒地开辟自己的道路。 --《睡谷传说》
Dare and the world always yields. If it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb. 大胆挑战，世界总会让步。如果有时候你被它打败了，不断地挑战，它总会屈服的。 --《名利场》
To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder: but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight of all. 看见一对年轻人相亲相爱不足为奇，然而看到一对这样的老人确是人间最美的景致。 --《名利场》
Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love. This might be thought out at great length. 自私是一种容易激发爱的品质。这一点仔细想才能体会到。 --《红字》