Gather ye rosebuds while ye may Old time is still a-flying And this same flowers that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying 花开堪折直须折 流年荏苒逝如飞 今昔花开犹含笑 明朝凋零空余枝

가장 외로운 사람이 가장 친절하고 가장 슬픈 사람이 가장 밝게 웃는다. 왜냐하면, 그들은 남들이 자신과 같은 고통을 받는 것을 원치 않기 때문이다. 最孤独的人最亲切，最难过的人笑得最灿烂，这是因为，他们不想接受别人的自信和共同点。

— 《素媛》

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life.

— 《圣经》

I went to the woods because i wanted to live deliberately. 我步入森林，因为我希望生活有意义 I wanted to live deep and suck ou all the marraw of life. 我希望活得深刻，吸取生命中所有精华 To put to rout all that was not life. 摒弃一切与生活无关的事物 And not, when i had come to die discover that i had not lived. 当我生命终结，才不至于我白活了一场

— 《死亡诗社》