Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
良好的教养在于隐藏我们对自己较佳的评价，以及隐藏我们对他人较差的评价。
You can’t just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You’ve got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.
古代的毛嫱、西施，虽然她们是天下的美人，但在满面怒容的时候，人家是看不出她们的美貌来的。鲁迅曾说“世间最可厌恶的事莫如一张生气的脸；世间最下流的事莫如把生气的脸摆给旁人看，这比打骂更难受”，开心的时候，几乎每个人都是慈眉善目，但最能显露一个人修养的，却是他生气的时候，即使盛怒，也不摆脸色给别人看，这是最佳的人品。
You are not the opinion of somebody who doesn't know you.
"A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead."