I do not like proper novels. In proper novels people say things like, ‘I am veined with iron, with silver and with streaks of common mud. I cannot contract into the firm fist which those clench who do not depend on stimulus.’ What does this mean? I do not know. Nor does Father. Nor do the people who write these books.

所有人都有三种生活：公开的、私人的和秘密的。

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

君子的话虽然少，但却真实；小人的话虽然多，但却虚假。点评：东汉著名学者王符曾言「大人不华，君子务实。」