The act of writing is an act of resistance against forgetting.

I made my money by selling too soon.

译文：人能克制自己的欲望就没有灾祸，做事不欺瞒别人就会睡得安稳。赏析：欲望太多，总有得不到的时候，得不到就会不择手段，肆意妄为，从而给自己带去灾祸。靠欺骗的方式立身处世的人将失去众人的信任，最终将无法在社会上立足。

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

爱情中的欢乐和痛苦是交替出现的。

The more you know, the more you can imagine. The more you imagine, the more you can know.

 “每逢你想要批评任何人的时候”，他对我说，“你就记住，这个世界上所有的人，并不是个个都有过你拥有的那些优越条件。”