小说就像蜘蛛网，或许连接得很轻，但仍然在四个角落都与生活相连。
Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners.
译文：人贪心不足，就像小蛇想吞掉大象一样，世间的事情就像螳螂捕蝉黄雀在后一般。赏析：贪得无厌只会祸患无穷，人生最大的祸事就是不懂得满足。处处算计别人，事事喜欢占人便宜，最后都会被别人算计。
It's often safer to be in chains than to be free.
软件工程的目标是控制复杂性，而不是制造复杂性。
注释：如果对小的功劳不加以奖赏，那么就难以建立大的功勋；如果对小的怨恨不能宽容赦免，那么大的怨恨就必然会产生。
In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.
We've had three big ideas at Amazon that we've stuck with for 18 years, and they're the reason we're successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient.