The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.

The artist must be a stranger to the world.

做学问的人应当以确立诚信为根本，修饰言辞为次要。

Go for a business that any idiot can run – because sooner or later, any idiot probably is going to run it.

正派人的话，明明知道了为了我好，内心感激却未必高兴；奸邪人的话，明明知道是在奉承我，但听着十分顺耳，所以未必生气。由此可知听取忠言是多么艰难。