The hardest decisions often require balancing short-term gains with long-term consequences.

最好的解决方案往往来自那些最接近问题的人——我们的农民。

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

我认为生活中最重要的事情是对自己和他人都要诚实。

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition: oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.

"Literature is the mirror of society, reflecting its virtues and vices, its hopes and fears."

A good mystery is like a good joke—it's all in the timing.