君子像水，性情谦虚冲淡，本质洁白，味平淡。而它的用处，可以使不洁的东西成为清洁，即使在滚烫的热水中放入油，二者亦不会混合，这就是君子的本性。小人像油，本质滑腻，味浓厚，它的用途可污染清洁之物，若在滚烫的油中放入水，二者必然相激而不相容， 这就是小人的本质。
Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over， it drives compassion right out of our hearts.
写作是一种疾病，而出版则是它的症状。
我不追随潮流，我走自己的路。
The first man who， having enclosed a piece of ground， bethought himself of saying 'This is mine，' and found people simple enough to believe him， was the real founder of civil society.