贪饕以招辱，不若俭而守廉；干请以犯义，不若俭而全节；侵牟以聚怨，不若俭而养心；放肆以遂欲，不若俭而安性。
贪心不知足易招侮辱，不如节俭而守廉洁之气。求取功名而冒犯节义，不如节俭而成全节义。巧取豪夺而致积怨，不如节俭而养心性。放纵自己满足欲望，不如节俭而安定性情。
I'm not perfect, and I don't pretend to be.
译文：受到众人的指责，触犯众怒，不会有好下场。
你说得越多，人们记得越少。
The most beautiful as well as the most ugly inclinations of man are not part of a fixed biologically given nature, but result from the social process which creates man.
I'm the reason your sun won't shine.
I don't follow the rules; I make them.
To truly grasp the nature of reality, one must first accept the limitations of human perception.