法典(code of law)
"To bring about the rule of righteousness in the land, so that the strong should not harm the weak." - Hammurabi's Code; Prologue
让正义的统治降临大地，使强者不能欺凌弱者。 - 汉谟拉比法典序言

文学（literature）
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.

-          Sir Francis Bacon

书有可浅尝者，有可吞食者，少数则须咀嚼消化。- 弗朗西斯·培根爵士

石工术（masonry）
"It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls." – Aristophanes

是敌人而不是朋友教会了我们：城市需要建造高墙。 - 阿里斯托芬

铸铜术（bronze working）
"It is entirely seemly for a young man killed in battle to lie mangled by the bronze spear. In his death all things appear fair." – Homer

带着青铜矛的刺伤战死沙场，是一位年轻人最恰当的归宿。牺牲让他的一切都充满荣光。

荷马

一神教(monotheism)
"I am the Lord thy God. Thou shalt have no other gods before Me." - The Bible, Exodus

我是耶和华，你们的神，除了我以外，你不可有别的神。 - 圣经·出埃及记

戏剧(drama)
All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts. " - William Shakespeare

世界是一个舞台，所有男男女女都只是演员，上场下场各有其时，每个人一生都扮演着许多角色。 - 威廉·莎士比亚

君主制(monarchy)
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king. – Herodotus

多个统治者没什么好处，一国当只有一位统治者，一位君王。 - 希罗多德

封建制(feudalism)

"I will to my lord be true and faithful, and love all which he loves and shun all which he shuns." - Anglo Saxon Oath of Fealty

我将真诚侍奉我的领主，爱他所爱的，恶他所恶的。 - 盎格鲁-撒克逊效忠誓词

神学(theology)
"Two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by the love of self; the heavenly by the love of God." - St. Augustine

两种爱造就了两座城：自爱所造的尘世之城，神爱所造的天界之城。 - 圣奥古斯丁

机械（machinery）
"A god from the machine" – Menander

机器之中有神灵- 米南德尔 (希腊诗人)

航海（sailing）
"You can't direct the wind, but you can adjust your sails." – Unknown

你不能控制风向，但可以调整自己的风帆。 - 无名氏

采矿（mining）
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." - Confucius
移走大山的人是从搬动小石子开始的。 - 孔子(想不起来孔子说过类似的话)

饲养牲畜（animal husbandry）
"Blessed shall be the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep." - The Bible, Deut. 28:4

汝家牲畜之生养，牛犊之成长，羊群之繁盛，都必蒙赐福。- 圣经·申命记 28:4

冶铁（iron working）
"You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot." - Publius Syrus

要趁热打铁才能成功。 - 帕布利乌斯·塞鲁斯

音乐(music)
"If music be the food of love, play on." - William Shakespeare

如果音乐是爱情的食粮，那就继续演奏吧。-威廉·莎士比亚

（这句话原文很好，但翻译过来就没什么意思了）

书写（writing）
"True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read." - Pliny the Elder

真正的荣耀在于做值得写的，写值得看的。   - 老普林尼