The foundation of national morality must be laid in private families.

I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.

当你面对一个拧不动的螺栓或螺丝钉的时候：右转是拧紧，左转是拧松。

成为一名作家就是在每天的寒冷时分坐在书桌前写作；不等待从胸骨中喷出的蓝色天才火焰。

Joy is the emotion which accompanies the fulfillment of our natures when we have lived up to our potential.