The time at our disposal each day is elastic; the passions we feel dilate it, those we inspire contract it; and habit fills up what remains.

解释：不通过学习而能自己知道的，不去请教他人而能自己通晓的，从古到今没有这样的事。

"The true journey of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes."

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

"Jeder Mensch hat seine eigene Geschichte, und jede Geschichte ist es wert, erzählt zu werden."