Every tree planted today is a legacy for tomorrow's generations.

There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.

The stranger is close to us, insofar as we feel between him and ourselves common features of a national, social, occupational, or generally human, nature. He is far from us, insofar as these common features extend beyond him or us, and connect us only because they connect a great many people.

作家的角色是质疑而非安慰。

在商业中，就像在生活中一样，诚信是唯一永不贬值的货币。

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

Corn is a necessary, silver is only a superfluity.

在私利面前能够想到道义，遇到危难能够挺身而出，虽然长期生活在贫困之中，也没有忘记平生的诺言，这样就可以说是一个十全十美的人了。