I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life. To put to rout all that was not life. And not, when I had come to die, discover that I had not lived.

每个个体改善自身状况的自然努力，当在自由和安全的情况下得以发挥时，是如此强大，以至于它不仅能够独自，不受任何协助，推动社会走向富裕和繁荣，而且能够克服往往由愚蠢的人类法律造成的百般妨碍。

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.

To be Irish is to know that in the end, the world will break your heart.

The night is a great book, but the stars are its letters.

真正的领导力在于今天做出艰难的决定，这些决定将使后代受益。

教育是点燃火焰，而不是填满容器。