It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.

凡是创作古文，必须推究前代文章的本意，以此形成自己的言论。

Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught.

我们养殖的每个物种都教会我们关于海洋生态系统的新知识。

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."

"I'm not a fan of me, I'm a fan of my music."

今天很残酷，明天更残酷，后天很美好，但绝对大部分是死在明天晚上，所以每个人不要放弃今天。

With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how.