And what I noted, since the really big ideas carry 95 percent of the freight, it wasn’t at all that hard for me to pick up all the big ideas and all the big disciplines and make them a standard part of my mental routines. Once you have the ideas, of course, they are no good if you don’t practice. You don’t practice, you lose it.

True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

En cada historia hay un pedazo de verdad, aunque esté disfrazada de mentira.

一本好书是一扇通往更广阔世界的魔法之门，那里充满奇迹、美丽和真理。

挑战是伪装的机遇——只要你愿意仔细观察。

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.