To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches.

释义：无论是贤能还是平庸的人，一旦进入朝廷就容易遭到嫉妒；无论是美丽还是平常的女子，一旦进入后宫就容易遭受妒忌。

I think the reason why I am who I am today is because I went through those tough times when I was younger.

I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't, and then tries the short story, which is the most demanding form after poetry. And, failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing.

The development of enterprises must resonate with national strategies.

There are unknown forces in nature; when we give ourselves wholly to her, without reserve, she lends them to us; she shows us these forms, which our watching eyes do not see, which our intelligence does not understand or suspect.

Love is a battlefield, but it's a battlefield worth fighting for.