Failure gave me an inner security that I had never attained by passing examinations. Failure taught me things about myself that I could have learned no other way. I discovered that I had a strong will, and more discipline than I had suspected; I also found out that I had friends whose value was truly above the price of rubies.

We are all patchwork, and so shapeless and diverse in composition that each bit, each moment, plays its own game.

爱情就像沙漏：当心空了，头脑就开始填满。

释义：刑罚与奖赏的根本目的在于鼓励善良、惩罚邪恶，帝王治理天下时应该统一标准，不能因为人的身份地位高低、关系亲疏而有所偏颇。这是对公平公正治理原则的阐述。 

Mathematics is the key and door to the sciences.