贪心不知足易招侮辱，不如节俭而守廉洁之气。求取功名而冒犯节义，不如节俭而成全节义。巧取豪夺而致积怨，不如节俭而养心性。放纵自己满足欲望，不如节俭而安定性情。

大自然往往隐藏于幕后。

I think it's important to have a good hard failure when you're young... I learned a lot from that. Because it makes you kind of aware of what can happen to you. Because of it, I've never had any fear in my whole life when we've been near collapse and so on. I've never been afraid.

监狱里的高墙实在是很有趣。刚入狱的时候，你痛恨周围的高墙；慢慢地，你习惯了生活在其中；最终你会发现自己不得不依靠它而生存。这就是体制化。

Success is my only motherfuckin' option, failure's not.

解析：事情做得成功了，就引身退去，这是自然的道理。