Insofar as a thing is in harmony with our nature, it is necessarily good.
只要一件事与我们的本性和谐,它必然是善的。
The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.
"What's terrible is to pretend that the second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better."