名誉是一件无聊的骗人的东西；得到它的人未必有什么功德，失去它的人也未必有什么过失。

I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up and boy does that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you.

Silence can be the loudest element in a piece.

Literature is the most subversive weapon because it changes minds, not by force, but by persuasion.