The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt it didn't matter.

【释义】才华、地位或精神境界过于出众的人，越容易引发他人的嫉妒；品行、生活或精神上过于追求洁净无瑕，反而会遭到世人的嫌弃与疏离。

译文：严以律己是做人的根本，要想守住已成就的事业就要时刻记住创业时的艰辛。赏析：以责人之心责己，以恕己之心恕人，人生很多祸患就会减少。处处苛责别人而宽恕自己，是不能服众的，只会让双方的矛盾加深。人在富贵发达后，要有居安思危的意识，只有这样，才能永远保住辛苦创下的家业。

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.