Forgive me if I'm wrong, but haven't we met before.
如果我弄错的话请原谅我,我们以前见过面吧?
Self-trust is the first secret of success.
自信是成功的首要秘诀。
In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series of coincidences -- most of them wildly improbable.