We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

Never spend your money before you have it.

你能给予他人的最伟大的礼物就是你的时间，因为你正在给予他们你生命中永远不会再回来的一部分。

怀疑是智慧的开端，而非敌人。

I don’t like to be told what I can’t do.