我不知道这个世界会如何看我，但对我自己而言我仅仅是一个在海边嬉戏的顽童，为时不时发现一粒光滑的石子或一片可爱的贝壳而欢喜，可与此同时对我面前的伟大的真理的海洋熟视无睹。

I quite agree with them that it is not an ennobling experience. Poverty entails fear, and stress, and sometimes depression; it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts, that is indeed something on which to pride yourself, but poverty itself is romanticised only by fools.

我年轻时领略过一种高尚的情操，我至今不能忘掉，这是我的烦恼。

不要靠馈赠去获得朋友，你必须奉献你诚挚的爱，学会怎样用正当的方法来赢得别人的心。