We're told, from many sources, that any onecan achieve anything. We've done away with the caste system, we are now in a system where anyone can rise to any position they please. And it's a beautiful idea. Along with that is a kind of spirit of equality; we're all basically equal. There are no strictly defined hierarchies. There is one really big problem with this, and that problem is envy.

这个世界惟有两样东西让我们的心灵感到深深的震撼，一是我们头顶上灿烂的星空，一是我们内心崇高的道德法则。

所以，天地不夸耀自己的明亮，大水不夸耀自己的清澈，大火不夸耀自己的炎烈，有德之君不夸耀自己德行的高远，这样才能做众人的领袖。 

每首诗都是一首情诗，即使它是关于失去的。