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。

"We are all the heroes of our own stories."

成功的关键在于专注于创造价值，而不仅仅是赚钱。

君主对于有才能的贤良之人应当抬举，让他处于尊位，富贵绵长；对于没有能力且无德的人应当废弃，让他贫困低贱，成为受驱使的奴仆。

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.

Art is not a substitute religion: it is a religion in its own right.

We all owe death a life.

50岁重建事业并不容易——但值得的事情从来都不简单。