The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.

I'm very confident in my own skin.

名声不是凭空产生的，赞誉也不会自己增长，只有成就了功业，名声才会到来。

Peace is the highest good， because it is the state in which the mind is most fully in accord with its nature.

最好的读者是阅读自己作品的作家。