看待言语的一种方式是，它是一种不断掩盖赤裸裸真相的策略。

最大的财富是健康。

监狱里的高墙实在是很有趣。刚入狱的时候，你痛恨周围的高墙；慢慢地，你习惯了生活在其中；最终你会发现自己不得不依靠它而生存。这就是体制化。

To men like that, time was a surfeit, a barrel they watched slowly drain. When really, he thinks, it’s a glowing puddle you carry in your hands; you should spend all your energy protecting it.

"We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way."

译文：人人都希望自己能说会道，可苏秦却因为能言善辩被车裂而死；人人都想家财万贯，可石崇却因为富可敌国而遭人诬陷杀害。赏析：说话口不择言，祸就会从口出，言多必有失。拥有富贵荣华，锦衣玉食，未尝不是好事，但也要走正道，低调做人，切不可因为财大气粗，不可一世就断送自己的前程或性命。