文学是社会的镜子，反映其美德和恶习。
一个人的力量有时可能超过千百人的力量，君子之人不能没有这种戒心；我何必怕他，大丈夫不能没有这种志向。
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.
一件事情都不能做到有始有终，就不要去操持其他的事情;一物也不明白，就不要追求博闻广记。
我不禁感到惊讶，苏格拉底在多次告诉他的同胞，他不自诩有智慧，而是被神任命为向他们传递善意的使命，竟然被判处死刑。
The desire to be loved is perhaps the most deeply rooted of all our vanity.
"Writing is a way of thinking with the fingers."