不是我们偶尔做的事情塑造了我们的生活，而是我们持续做的事情。

Short-term gains should never come at the expense of long-term sustainability.

No man is fit to hold office who isn't perfectly willing to leave it at any time...

Without stories, we are just bones and dust.

The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority as such.  

一本好小说告诉我们关于其主人公的真相，而一本坏小说告诉我们关于其作者的真相。