"Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power or live a lie."
真相不是你希望的样子；它就是它本来的样子，你必须屈服于它的力量，否则就活在谎言中。
生命是一场永无休止的战斗。
"A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it, an apostle is hardly likely to look out."
译文：我衰老得太厉害了!感慨平生交游的朋友渐渐零落，如今还剩下几个?白发空自垂下三千丈，对人间万事只能付之一笑。试问什么事物能让我真正欢喜?
"The present is just the past with a different disguise."
幸福存在于小事中。
损失厌恶的概念解释了为什么我们通常更倾向于避免损失而不是获得收益。