Music makes one feel so romantic—at least it always gets on one’s nerves, which is the same thing nowadays.

我是纽约之王。

当我接受自己本来的样子时，我就能改变。

最大的风险是不冒险。

文学的美在于它能够将痛苦转化为某种崇高的东西。

The fountain of content must spring up in the mind, and they who have so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but their own dispositions will waste their lives in fruitless efforts.