Subtle is the Lord, but malicious He is not.

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.

译文：年华随同时光飞快逝去，意志随同岁月而丧失。最终(像黄叶一样)枯老衰落，大多不接触世事，对社会没有任何贡献，只能悲哀困守在自己破败的房子里，那时再悔恨又怎么来得及!

The real challenge is not in solving the equations, but in understanding what the solutions mean.