文字的力量不在于它们的意义，而在于它们唤起情感的能力。

Laughing is good for you if you don't kill yourself.

最深刻的发现往往来自于提出最简单的问题。

释义：杜绝不良嗜好，禁止过度欲望，从而摆脱牵累；抑制错误行为，减少邪恶之事，从而消除过错；减少饮酒，远离美色，从而保持自身清白。这是对修身养性、克制欲望的教导。 

我拥有你所想象的最有特权的童年，我有幸在贫困中被抚养长大。

What a fool old Adam was. Had everything his own way; had succeeded in gaining the love of the best looking girl in the neighborhood, but yet unsatisfied with his conquest he had to eat a miserable little apple.

凡事不能只看表面现象。钓鱼人虽然躬着身子，并不是因为对鱼恭敬；捕捉老鼠的人，把虫子留给老鼠吃，并不是因为喜爱老鼠。