You build your life around the fact that you are going to die, and then you don’t die.
The great and chief end, therefore, of men's uniting into commonwealths, and putting themselves under government, is the preservation of their property.
Everything you need is already inside you.
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
译文:勤奋能使学业更加精进,而沉迷于玩乐会导致学业荒废;德行由于独立思考而有所成就,由于因循随俗而败坏。赏析:人如果愚钝不开,只要勤奋也能补拙,但聪明的人要是玩物就会丧志,做任何事也不会成功。