"Memory can make a thing seem to have been much more than it was."
卒：同“猝”，指突然事变。这两句大意是：心中没有预先考虑应对事变的方法，就不能应付突然变故。
Poetry should be as sharp as a sword.
我不相信贫穷，我相信努力工作。
It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.