The most important thing is to be happy with what you're doing.

最好的故事是反映生活复杂性的故事。

以德行来排列位次,按官职来处理政事,按照劳绩来决定赏赐,衡量功勋二分给俸禄。

君子给人的印象有三种变化：远看庄重威严，接触则温和可亲，听讲话则严肃不苟。

I do not like proper novels. In proper novels people say things like, ‘I am veined with iron, with silver and with streaks of common mud. I cannot contract into the firm fist which those clench who do not depend on stimulus.’ What does this mean? I do not know. Nor does Father. Nor do the people who write these books.

我认为能够不过于严肃地对待自己是很重要的。