History has neither the desire nor the capacity to make men better or worse; it merely records what they have been and what they have done.

The key to power is the ability to judge who is best to serve your purposes, and then to win them over to your side.

The poet must be a seer, make himself a seer.

国家是为法律而组织起来的人民。

The good things are not dead.

科学的进步不是一条直线，而是一个螺旋，总是在前进，又总是回到起点。

安静可克制躁动，沉稳可克制浮气，宽宏大量能克服心胸狭窄，平缓可克制急躁。