Promptness is a sign of respect.
敢于在古人成就面前一争高低,这是有志气;在今人的成绩面前不虚心,这是没有气量。
The great question which, in all ages, has disturbed mankind, and brought on them the greatest part of their mischiefs, has been, not whether there be power in the world, nor whence it came, but who should have it.
"We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct."
"Writing is a journey into the unknown, where words become the compass and imagination the guide."
But this long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.