The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. This is part of the penalty for greatness, and every great man understands it.

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.

We are all our own prisons, and our own jailers.

鲜艳的花朵不可能在离开花枝之后，还能长久鲜艳；足以吞下船只的大鱼也不可能在离开水源之后，还能活命。

Only he who desires is amiable and not he who is satiated.

"The idea of waiting for something makes it more exciting."