早期罗马人的严格道德观念培养了一代既不过于虔诚也不过于怀疑的人。

权力不是手段；它是目的。人们不是为了保卫革命而建立独裁；而是为了建立独裁而进行革命。

中心地的等级越高，其服务的区域越大，此类中心地的数量越少。

"The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion."

信念不是被动等待，而是主动的想象和感受。

伟大的传记应该像一幅肖像，既能捕捉光明也能捕捉阴影。

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.