人心不足蛇吞象，这山还看那山高。
译文：人过于贪婪，就像蛇吃掉大象一样可怕，远处的山峰一座还比一座高大。赏析：人的欲望太盛反而会害了自己，贪婪成性，得寸进尺往往会丢掉性命。人做事要量力而行，好高骛远会适得其反。
采矿业是周期性的，但伟大的公司是由那些既能驾驭低迷期又能驾驭繁荣期的人建立的。
A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving...
大海是万物的隐喻：生命、死亡、未知。
Behind every technological breakthrough is the accumulation of countless failures.