Never outshine the master. Always make those above you feel comfortably superior.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

幸せになるためには、まず自分を愛さなければならない。

Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary.

在科学中，最令人兴奋的短语不是“我找到了！”，而是“这很有趣...”

I want my work to hold contradictions.

"Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted."

Choose the best life； for custom will make it pleasant.

我喜欢我的工作，但我讨厌名声。