The seabbard is content to be dull when it protects the keenness of the word.

The sociological imagination is the most fruitful form of self-consciousness.

I just want to be remembered as a person who was passionate about his craft and who gave his all.

正因为我是你妈妈说话才最算数，因为我最了解你。

别人胜过我，没有什么害处，因为这样的话，别人不会在他们的内心深处积下对我的怨恨；我胜过别人，不一定是什么好事，因为这样的话，那些心胸狭窄之人，恐怕会给我降下难以预测的灾祸。