The stories are not autobiographical, but they're personal in that way. I seem to know only the things that I've learned. Probably some things through observation, but what I feel I know surely is personal.

"我写作是为了摧毁影子，但最终总是创造了它。"

我不会让世界告诉我我是谁。

一本优秀的传记是过去与现在之间的桥梁。

Pleasures， then， and the avoidance of pains， are the ends that the legislator has in view.

傲慢的人突然显达，上天也会惩罚他；疏漏放纵的人，努力求进取，上天也会宽容他的行为。

我们都在寻找某样东西，即使我们不知道它是什么。