刻苦读书，即使功名未就，但使人品高雅，气度不凡；道德高尚，但不希图报答，时时恬然自安，饱食酣眠。

Investors should avoid making decisions based on fear or greed.

知道事情做不成于是就听之任之，这是聪明人的方法；知道事情做不成而竭尽全力的，这是忠臣孝子之心。

I'm passionate about being alive and I won't waste my life being scared.

The brain is a naturally selected information processor.

It is because nations tend to stupidity and baseness that democracy is possible.

The past is not a single narrative but a web of interconnected stories.

我们都生活在阴沟里，但仍有人仰望星空。