"We are all the sum of our contradictions - that's what makes biography so fascinating."

The uniform， constant， and uninterrupted effort of every man to better his condition， the principle from which public and national as well as private opulence is originally derived.

如果你害怕失败，那意味着你已经输了。

意志不坚强的人，智慧也不会高到哪里去；说话不算数的人，做事也不会果敢痛快。

I always try to do things that scare me a little bit.

我们误以为书能带来慰藉，其实它们只是加深了我们的悲伤。

Les lois sont des toiles d'araignée à travers lesquelles passent les grosses mouches et où restent les petites.

Forgetting is not a memory problem; it’s an attention problem.