大国总是在寻找机会以牺牲对手为代价来获得权力，这使得它们天生具有侵略性。
The great powers are always searching for opportunities to gain power at the expense of their rivals, which makes them inherently aggressive.
城市是人类最伟大的发明，而建筑是它的语言。
Life is not what one lived, but what one remembers and how one remembers it in order to recount it.
No wise pilot, no matter how great his talent and experience, fails to use his checklist..
翻译：君主不应该因为发怒而兴兵，将领也不应该因为发怒而出战。符合国家利益就行动，不符合国家利益就停止。愤怒可以转变为欢喜，恼怒也可以转为喜悦，但国家灭亡了就不能再建立，人死了就不能复活。
证明的严谨性将数学与所有其他科学区分开来。