The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.

偶像要长得比较好看，但是我并不英俊，所以我也不指望别人因为相貌而注意到我。

I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.

总统的职位是伟大的，但担任这个职位的人并不伟大。

The goal is not to build more, but to build better.

"Writing is a way of thinking, a way of discovering what you really believe."