"In every word I write, I seek to capture the fleeting moments of life, to hold them still for a moment longer."
释义：广泛地学习，恳切地提问，从而增长知识；行为高尚，言语谨慎，从而修养自身。这是对学习与修养的重视。
No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.