小说就像蜘蛛网，或许连接得很轻，但仍然在四个角落都与生活相连。
Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners.
The freedom then of man, and liberty of acting according to his own will, is grounded on his having reason, which is able to instruct him in that law he is to govern himself by, and make him know how far he is left to the freedom of his own will.
The wise are not ashamed to seek knowledge, for they know the ocean of wisdom is boundless.
相信科学的过程——它很慢，但它是有效的。
最能干的人之所以能干，在于不做不应该做的事，最明智的人之所以明智，在于不去考虑不该考虑的问题。人贵在有自知之明，能明白自己的身份，知道该做什么不该做什么，什么事该考虑、什么事不用自己操心，该放手的时候就要放手。分内之事，尽力去做。