孩子独立的智能发展无可限量，它直接依赖孩子心智的力量，而不仅靠导师的工作。

爱护自己的体面不如注重廉耻；求医用药不如善养性情；结党营私不如昭示信义；作威作福不如诚恳笃实；过多的表白不如谨小慎微；巧取声名不如矫正自己心念；恣意于奢侈恣逸，不如从名教中自取其乐；安置田宅不如给儿孙多施家教。

我们爱尔兰人太诗意以至不能做诗人，我们的国家里充满才华横溢的失败者，可我们是自希腊人以来最伟大的说空话之人。

I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing at that, only then does he turn to the novel.