Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity—it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.

贫贱是苦难的境界，能很好地居于其境者就苦中有乐；富贵是快乐的境地，不能很好地对待富贵的人便会乐极生悲。

要我说，人性之善是不能用金钱衡量的，善即是善，钱即是钱，可不要把麦子和谷壳搞混了。