To be discontented with the divine discontent, and to be ashamed with the noble shame, is the very germ of the first upgrowth of all virture.

Charles Kingsley— Health and Education

對天賜之不滿意而不滿意，對高貴之羞恥而羞恥，乃美德之端也。

C·金斯利——《健康與教育》

吾所能貢獻于社會者，惟在吾所擇業(yè)耳。吾對于社會之責任，惟在竭吾所能，為我所能為。吾所不能，人其舍諸？

——錄卷九第六五則自記以自警六月十六日晨