当一盏灯熄灭时，比它从未亮起时要黑暗得多。
It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
Success comes to those who work hard.
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。
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
释义：如果人与人之间的关系是建立在利益之上的，那么一旦利益消失，两人的关系也会变得疏远。
The most important aspect of architecture is how it makes people feel.