要将一个国家从最低级的野蛮状态带到最高度的富裕，所需的几乎只有和平、低税收和较为合理的司法管理。
Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace， easy taxes， and a tolerable administration of justice.
始终追求卓越，而不是完美。
Efficient market theory is correct in that there are no gross inefficiencies， but we look at anomalies that may be small in size and brief in time.
自由不止一种……自由去做和自由免于。在无政府状态的日子里，是自由去做。现在你被给予了自由免于。不要低估它。
国家一定要有直言进谏的臣子，上级必须有敢于提出反对意见的下级，议论国政的人不停止，各种不同政见的人相互辩论，才可以长久保存国家，使国家兴盛强大。也就是说言论自由是民众的基本权利，每个人都可以提出不同的政见，民众有平等参与政治的权利。
I am not an Athenian or a Greek，but a citizen of the world.
Life is painting a picture，not doing a sum.
Art is not a substitute religion: it is a religion in its own right.