在社会的初期，国家的首领塑造其制度；后来，制度塑造国家的首领。
In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.
You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.
"A good book is a friend that never lets you down."
一部好电影是那种结束后还能让你久久思考的电影。
我总是努力突破自己的极限，看看自己能走多远。
As to the gods, I do not know whether they exist or not, nor what they are like in form; for there are many things that hinder sure knowledge, the obscurity of the matter and the shortness of human life.