Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

Pain is not always physical; sometimes the deepest wounds are the ones we cannot see.

She was still too young to know that life never gives anything for nothing, and that a price is always exacted for what fate bestows.

【释义】谗言和巧言佞辞总是甜美讨好人心，而忠诚正直的言辞却常常显得直率尖锐，因而少有人愿意听信。

行为有未能达到预期目的者，都要反过来要求自身做得更加完善。只有自己做得正，天下才会向你倾心。