我们都是自己的监狱，自己的狱卒。
国际体系的无政府性质迫使各国将自身生存置于一切之上。
译文：有真才实学的人往往深藏不露，懂得韬光养晦，如同那未经打磨雕琢的美玉一般，虽不炫目，但质朴无华，日久自会彰显出光彩。读书学习一定不能间断，就像那连绵不断的流水和行云一般，每天都会前进而不能停下脚步。赏析：有才学的人值得敬佩和学习，但不能恃才傲物，骄横跋扈，要做德才兼备的读书人。读书最忌断断续续，浅尝辄止，读书学习要守得住寂寞。学海无涯，学无止境，锲而不舍，方能学有所成。
The instinct to fear risk forces the poor to take bigger risks.
The interpretation of our reality through patterns not our own serves only to make us ever more unknown, ever less free, ever more solitary.
The fact remains that getting people right is not what living is all about anyway. It’s getting them wrong that is living, getting them wrong and wrong and wrong and then, on careful reconsideration, getting them wrong again.