The only thing that can make you successful is hard work.

To fulfill the highest most truthful expression of yourself as a human being. You want to max out your humanity by using your energy to lift yourself up， your family and the people around you.

不再年轻的乐趣在于你可以享受事物而不必占有它们。

The number one organ of ridicule, nowadays, is the newspaper. If you open the newspaper any day of the week, it's full of people who've messed up their lives. They've slept with the wrong person, taken the wrong substance, passed the wrong piece of legislation -- whatever it is, and then are fit for ridicule. In other words, they have failed. And they are described as "losers." Now, is there any alternative to this? I think the Western tradition shows us one glorious alternative, which is tragedy.

成功很酷，但忠诚才是王道。