最大的安逸，就是知足乐和；最大的危险，就是多言致祸；最为可贵的，就是无欲无求；最为卑贱的，就是贪欲过多；最大的快乐，就是乐善好施；最大的痛悔，就是贪图钱财；最大的长处，就是足智多谋；最大的短处，就是自负自矜；最大的聪明，就是体察天功，最大的昏暗，就是不明征兆。

"New York is a city of reflections. The glass, the metal, the water - everything reflects."

The individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only by locating himself within his period, that he can know his own chances in life only by becoming aware of those of all individuals in his circumstances.

Life is like a bracelet...It has little jewels around it which are like the little bright moments that come along in our lives every now and then...