"What's terrible is to pretend that 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."

任何公司最有价值的资产都是它的员工。

Profit without purpose is empty; purpose without profit is unsustainable.

"The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties."

仓库里没有储备的谷物，不可以应付凶饥之年；兵库不准备兵器，没有足够的实力，即使站在正义的一方也无法征讨无义之人，实力是维护正义的强有力的保障；城郭防守不完全，则不能守护自己；没有居安思危的心理，不可应付突发事件。