It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.

El amor es como un reloj de arena: cuando se acaba el corazón, la cabeza comienza a llenarse.

当爱成为命令时，恨就能成为快乐。

I don't play for the money, I play for the love of the game.

卒：同“猝”，指突然事变。这两句大意是：心中没有预先考虑应对事变的方法，就不能应付突然变故。

"Writing is a way of thinking, not just a record of thought."