Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
The poet is the one who makes the world sing.
Happiness is rarely absent; it is we that know not of its presence.
一个人不应该发愁没有官位俸禄,而应该发愁没有为官的本领。不应该发愁别人不了解自己,而应追求能够让别人了解自己的才能。