译文：有钱人家习惯了奢侈无度，教导子弟却成了难事；贫穷人家要谋生计，还是要靠读书获得出路。赏析：衣食无忧的家庭虽然能给孩子提供良好的物质条件，但也最容易让孩子养成穷奢极侈的作风。读书也许不是人生唯一的出路，但却是普通人最好走的那条路，这条路成本最低。

Leadership is not about being in charge; it’s about taking care of those in your charge.

人最珍贵的是生命，生命最珍贵的是道。

作家是由他的主题选择的——他的主题是他所处时代的意识。

Customer loyalty is earned, never given.

The number one organ of ridicule, nowadays, is the newspaper. If you open the newspaper any day of the week, it's full of people who've messed up their lives. They've slept with the wrong person, taken the wrong substance, passed the wrong piece of legislation -- whatever it is, and then are fit for ridicule. In other words, they have failed. And they are described as "losers." Now, is there any alternative to this? I think the Western tradition shows us one glorious alternative, which is tragedy.