愚蠢的人畏惧生病，却经常生病，明智的人居安思危，危险才不会降临。

We're told, from many sources, that any onecan achieve anything. We've done away with the caste system, we are now in a system where anyone can rise to any position they please. And it's a beautiful idea. Along with that is a kind of spirit of equality; we're all basically equal. There are no strictly defined hierarchies. There is one really big problem with this, and that problem is envy.

文学的本质是捕捉人类经验的瞬息万变，并通过文字赋予它们永恒性。

真相往往令人不适，但必不可少。

Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.

所有人都有三种生活：公开的、私人的和秘密的。