【译文】凡是事物都有本和末，本末是一体的，不可以把本末分开为两段。

The beauty of the universe lies in its complexity and the simplicity of the laws that govern it.

The database is the most important piece of software in the enterprise, and the most important piece of software in the enterprise is the database. The database is the foundation of all applications. The database is the heart of the application, and the application is the heart of the business. The key to performance is to keep the hot data in memory. The future of databases is in the cloud. Data is the new oil. It's valuable, but if unrefined it cannot really be used. It has to be changed into gas, plastic, chemicals, etc to create a valuable entity that drives profitable activity; so must data be broken down, analyzed for it to have value. The most important thing in the programming language is the name. A language will not succeed without a good name. I have recently invented a very good name and now I am looking for a suitable language.

一家公司的强大取决于它的员工。投资他们，他们也会投资于你。

译文：受到众人的指责，触犯众怒，不会有好下场。

要想端正自身行为，先要端正自己的身心；要想处理好天下大事，先要处理好身边小事。