那些在第一次打击面前失去信心的人，永远是失败者。

原文英文

Great art is always the most ornamental.

Conscience is the guardian of the social order inspired by the individual's instinct for self-preservation.

Art for art's sake is no more meaningful than drinking for drinking's sake.

Those who lose heart at the first blow are forever failures.

Writers have a passion for creation or, simultaneously, a naive passion for making a living out of it.

Conscience is the sentinel on every man's mind, standing guard there to watch that we do nothing illegal.

I have always considered a man's appearance to be of little importance. I am much more interested in a person's mind than in their looks.

Life is a difficult journey. It is hard enough for me to make my own life perfect; how can I expect to teach others how to live theirs well?

Because time flies and cannot be recovered, it is considered the most precious wealth in the world. Wasting time is undoubtedly the most meaningless way to spend one's existence.

It is far easier to change a good habit than to break a bad one; this is one of life's great tragedies.

Money is like a sixth sense; without it, the other senses cannot be fully utilized.

Developing a habit of reading is like building a shelter for oneself, capable of shielding one from nearly all the disasters of life.

Love requires a sense of weakness, a desire for tenderness and care, and a passion to help and please others—if not unselfishness, then at least a cleverly disguised selfishness. Love contains a degree of timidity and cowardice.