什么是诗人?一个心中隐藏着深刻痛苦的不幸之人,但他的嘴唇形状使得叹息和哭泣经过时听起来像美妙的音乐。
"What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music."
唯一能让你明智的是你自己的经验。
There is a kind of bird that can never be closed, for its feathers are shining bright.
 试图指导私人如何使用他们的资本的政治家,不仅会使自己背负起极不必要的责任,还会行使一种权力,它不能被信任交给任何单个个体,甚至不能被信任交给任何理事会或议会,而且这种权力在愚蠢和自负到足以自认为有资格行使它的人手中最为危险。
不要拘泥于文字而误解词句,也不要拘泥于个别词句而误解作品完整的意思;能以自己的切身体会去推测作者的本意,这才是懂得了阅读作品的正确方法。
Don’t let fear decide your future.
Writing is an act of courage—you have to be willing to fail.