Our brains are wired to look on the bright side, even when the evidence suggests otherwise.

名誉是一件无聊的骗人的东西；得到它的人未必有什么功德，失去它的人也未必有什么过失。

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

你最害怕的东西本身其实并不可怕。是你的害怕使它显得可怕。只要勇敢地面对真相，你就会身心解放。

在科学中最令人兴奋的短语，预示着新发现的，不是“我发现了！”而是“这很有趣……”

保持大脑活跃对我的存活有至关重要的作用，还有保持幽默感也是。

Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.