译文：期待有一天能在高远之处实现志向，然后坦然从容地前行。

Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; he who would search for pearls must dive below.

"Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else."

熄灭了吧，熄灭了吧，短促的烛光！人生不过是一个行走的影子，一个在舞台上指手划脚的拙劣的伶人，登场片刻，就在无声无臭中悄然退下；它是一个愚人所讲的故事，充满着喧哗和骚动，却找不到一点意义。

I try to leave every place a little better than I found it.