我认为没有什么比发明家看到自己头脑中的创造逐渐走向成功时所感受到的激动更能震撼人心的了……这样的情感让人忘记食物、睡眠、朋友、爱情，忘记一切。

译文：用钱财交朋友，钱财用完了交情就会断绝；贪美色面结合，到年老色衰时爱情就会消失。

The worse a situation becomes, the less it takes to turn it around, the bigger the upside.

也许不知道一切会如何发展反而是件好事。

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.