If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.

In the end, we are all just stories. What matters is the story we choose to tell.

The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

法治是一种政治理想，而不是法律理想。

定理是数学的里程碑。

历史是当下投下的阴影。