You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

Silence can be the loudest form of protest.

The best performance improvement is the transition from the nonworking state to the working state.

译文：头顶三尺之高，一定会有监督行为的神明；所以无论是收获福祉，还是避开祸难都是由自身决定的。

爱是我们去世时唯一能够带走的东西，它使得死亡变得如此从容。

Sometimes the bravest thing is to keep going when everything seems lost.

The statesman， who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals， would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention but assume an authority which could safely be trusted， not only to no single person， but to no council or senate whatever， and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.