Most men die at twenty or thirty; thereafter they are only reflections of themselves.
大多数人死在二十或三十岁，此后他们只是自己的影子。
The degree of slowness is directly proportional to the intensity of memory; the degree of speed is directly proportional to the intensity of forgetting.
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
To live is to be constantly surprised by life.
The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.