人君为舟车若此，故左右象之，是以其民饥寒并至，故为奸邪。奸邪多而刑罚深，刑罚深则国乱。君实欲天下治而恶其乱，当为舟车不可不节。
君子这样来造船车，所以属下都效法他，因此他的人民就会饥寒交迫，不得不做奸邪的事。奸邪的事情一多，刑罚就重，刑罚一重，国家就混乱。国君若真的希望天下太平而不希望天下大乱的话，如果要做船车，就不能不节俭。
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
有创造力的成年人就是幸存下来的孩子。
Man's survival, from the time of Adam and Eve until the invention of agriculture, must have been precarious because of his inability to ensure his food supply.
你不是因为想说些什么而写作，你是因为有些东西要说而写作。
Stories you read when you're the right age never quite leave you. You may forget who wrote them or what the story was called. Sometimes you'll forget precisely what happened, but if a story touches you it will stay with you, haunting the places in your mind that you rarely ever visit.
一切皆可为多或少，视时机与人而定。