The battle of life is already half won by the young man who is brought personally in contact with high officials; and the great aim of every boy should be to do something beyond the sphere of his duties--something which attracts the attention of those who over him.

百姓如果没有粮食，就不能供君王役使。所以，粮食不可不努力耕种，用度不可不厉行节俭。 

I don’t sing to be perfect; I sing to connect.

The secret of happiness is to expand your interests as much as possible and to be as kind as possible to the people and things that interest you.

明天的种子就种在今天的研究中。

The greatest investment risk is not the volatility of prices, but whether you will suffer a permanent loss of capital.

It is personalities, not principles, that move the age.

我们必须接受事物的本来面目，但我们应该努力使它们按照我们希望的方式到来。

In mathematics, persistence is often more important than brilliance.