Science is not only a discipline of reason but also one of romance and passion.

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.

读古人的著作，与贤能的人交往，最忌讳轻率地表示附和赞同，也不能够轻率地表示异议。之所以会犯这两种过失，都是由于心中缺乏主见，做学问时就掺杂有趋炎附势的成分，不是曲意逢迎便是虚伪矫饰。