思想的功能是引导成功的行为。

最好的投资是投资自己。

所以英明的君主治理国家，明确奖赏民众就会努力立功，严厉刑罚民众就会遵守法律。

"Success is nothing if you don't have the right people to share it with."

商业中最危险的一句话是：“我们一直都是这么做的。”

"I am not interested in the beautiful, I am interested in the true."

写作是一种反抗，是对遗忘的反抗。

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

小说是谎言中的真相。

一本好书的标准在于它能在多大程度上扰乱和困扰读者。