It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be intelligent.
像我们这样的人，通过努力做到始终不笨，而不是努力变得聪明，获得了多少长期优势，这一点很了不起。
Color is my day-long obsession, joy, and torment.
The method of psychology must be as exact as that of the physical sciences.
译文：天气不寒冷，地面就不会被冻住，人没有到伤心的时候就不会流泪。赏析：人的言行总是随着外物的变化而变化。不以物喜不以己悲，其实很难做到的。
【译文】力气单薄就不要去背负重物，说话没分量就不要规劝别人。没有钱就不要到人群中去，遇到危难千万别去求亲戚。