恐惧是迷信的主要根源之一，也是残忍的主要根源之一。征服恐惧是智慧的开始，无论是在追求真理还是在追求高尚生活方式的过程中。

【大意】古来圣哲不珍视直径成尺的璧玉，却珍重每一寸光阴，因为时间最是难得，却最容易失去。

The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado.

我不是说唱歌手，我是个玩说唱的诗人。

The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think—rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.

"A book can be more dangerous than a knife in the right hands."