出自先秦《荀子·哀公》。鸟被逼得走投无路之时就会用嘴啄人，兽到困窘之时就会用爪抓人，人到穷困潦倒之时就会设计骗人。以鸟兽困窘之时的行为为喻，说明人到穷困潦倒之时便会放弃道德操守的原因。

Human freedom is bounded by its choices.

人才是我们行业最宝贵的资产；投资人才就是投资未来。

Perception is the result of the activity of the five senses; through sensation, we come to know the world.

Society can and does execute its own mandates， and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right， or any mandates at all in things with which it ought not to meddle， it practices a social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression， since， though not usually upheld by such extreme penalties， it leaves fewer means of escape， penetrating much more deeply into the details of life， and enslaving the soul itself.

最好的投资是投给那些能把小想法变成大生意的人。

你无法让聪明的人只为了钱而特别努力地工作。