"Memory is a strange thing. It doesn't work as I thought it did. We are so foolishly constructed that we go through life arm in arm with our earliest memories, thinking they are the most recent."
记忆是个奇怪的东西。它并不像我以为的那样运作。我们的构造如此愚蠢，以至于我们携着最早的记忆走过一生，还以为它们是最新近的。
Fame is vapor; popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.
我们都只是过客，像沙滩上的脚印一样留下自己的痕迹。
只保有你可一直携带的东西：掌握一些语言，熟悉一些国家，了解那些人民。让记忆成为你的行囊。
The poet must be a master of both thought and expression.
Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort， the educational value of a good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.
The price of getting what you want is getting what you once wanted.