是以顺乎天而应乎人。说以先民，民忘其劳；说以犯难，民忘其死。说之大，民劝矣哉。
释义：上顺应于天，下取悦于民。使民众喜悦，人民便忘记了劳苦；用喜悦战胜困难，民众就会忘掉死亡的威胁，喜悦的作用太大了，它能勉励民众！
The past is a story we tell ourselves.
有一句话我等了三十年，现在终于可以说了：“老爸，我总是跟你说，我会回来拿到我的学位的！”我要感谢哈佛大学在这个时候给我这个荣誉。明年，我就要换工作了(注：指从微软公司退休)……我终于可以在简历上写我有一个本科学位，这真是不错啊。
The truth is often stranger than fiction.
The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.
我不害怕冒险，因为我知道那正是成长发生的地方。