小说是一个伟大的发现：远比伽利略的望远镜或别人的无线电报更伟大。小说是人类迄今为止达到的最高表达形式。为什么？因为它是如此无法达到绝对。

Success is great, but the real reward is making people happy with our music.

最好的投资是投给那些能把小想法变成大生意的人。

A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.

解析：天地之所以能长久存在，是因为它们的一切运作都不为自己，所以能够长久。

Gunpowder made me understand the transience and eternity of life. 火药让我理解了生命的短暂与永恒。

The science of government it is my duty to study, more than all other sciences; the arts of legislation and administration and negotiation ought to take the place of, indeed to exclude, in a manner, all other arts.

绘画是一种道德行为。

短期市场波动不应分散我们对长期价值创造的注意力。