失败使我的内心产生一种安全感，这是我从考试中没有得到过的。失败让我看清自己，这也是我通过其他方式无法体会的。我发现，我比自己认为的，要有更强的意志和决心。我还发现，我拥有比宝石更加珍贵的朋友。
Failure gave me an inner security that I had never attained by passing examinations. Failure taught me things about myself that I could have learned no other way. I discovered that I had a strong will, and more discipline than I had suspected; I also found out that I had friends whose value was truly above the price of rubies.
Reason to rule, but mercy to forgive: the first is law, the last prerogative.
I believe in hard work and persistence.
模型是对现实的简化表示，但其价值在于它能够提供不立即显而易见的见解。
文章的妙处在于，一句话能说尽天下的道理，片言能概括万物的情状。
解释：只要心胸坦荡，不必顾虑没有施展抱负的地方。