The invention of the cotton gin was a mere accident; I was then young and very poor, and it was a great object with me to realize something from it.
轧棉机的发明纯属偶然；那时我还很年轻，非常贫穷，对我来说从中实现一些价值是一个重要的目标。
Success is doing what you want to do, when you want, where you want, with whom you want, as much as you want.
"I don't think about the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present."
古语，意指人的生死和富贵由天命决定。
每个人都会承认，我们的思维、情感和想象力产生的观念，都是在心灵中存在的。