The ideas I had about supernatural beings came to me the same way that my mathematical ideas did. So I took them seriously.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all doing direct the other way.

译文：贤者懂得适度地掌握自己的行为，知道什么时候应该停下来，什么时候应该前进，大丈夫既能屈服于困境，也能展现出坚韧不拔的勇气。赏析：我们做任何事都要分寸得当，知道何事可为，何事不可为，即使身处困境或失意时，我们都要不屈不挠在，自强不息。

人总是比他对自己所知道的要多。他不是一劳永逸地是什么，而是一个过程。