人一般而言,天生的能力对他影响不大 – 他如何造就自己决定他的人生。
A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with – a man is what he makes of himself.
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
一个人做了好事应当忘记,不要念念不忘,更不要希冀别人回报。
To understand the present, we must dig into the past.