1

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately...

我步入?yún)擦?，因?yàn)槲蚁Ｍ畹脧娜莶黄?..

2

I make myself rich by making my wants few.

通過減少我的需求，我使自己變得富有。

3

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.

我發(fā)現(xiàn)再?zèng)]有比獨(dú)處更好的伴侶了。

4

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

大多數(shù)人過著一種默默絕望的生活。

5

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.

你必須活在當(dāng)下，乘著每一個(gè)波浪，在每一刻中找到你的永恒。

6

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.

一個(gè)人的富有，與他能放得下多少東西成正比。

7

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

如果一個(gè)人和他的同伴步伐不一致，也許是因?yàn)樗牭搅瞬煌墓狞c(diǎn)。

8

How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of living?

年輕人除了立刻嘗試生活，還能用什么更好的方式學(xué)習(xí)生活呢？

9

We need the tonic of wildness.

我們需要荒野的滋補(bǔ)。

10

I have a great deal of company in my house; especially in the morning, when nobody calls.

我的屋里有非常多的陪伴，特別是在無人來訪的清晨。