"The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows."

Good looks are a snare that every sensible man would like to be caught in.

出自先秦《荀子·劝学》。定居一定要选择适当的邻里，交游一定要接近贤士。说明要加强道德修养，就应该注意周围环境。

"A good line of poetry should surprise you twice: when you write it and when you read it."

在一个国家中，一个人的自由止于另一个人的自由开始之处。

"The writer’s task is to make the invisible visible."