Our culture is not just something we carry in our hearts; it is the very fabric of our existence.

小说是让不可见的东西变得可见的艺术。

The road to success is always under construction.

Society can and does execute its own mandates， and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right， or any mandates at all in things with which it ought not to meddle， it practices a social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression， since， though not usually upheld by such extreme penalties， it leaves fewer means of escape， penetrating much more deeply into the details of life， and enslaving the soul itself.

Writing is a disease, and publishing is its symptom.

在投资中，舒适的东西很少是有利可图的。