名声不是凭空产生的，赞誉也不会自己增长，只有成就了功业，名声才会到来。 

所以，国家的钱财不足以来应付饥荒，救济孤儿寡妇，这样，国家就贫困，百姓就难于治理。 

The moment you think you understand a great work of literature, you're probably wrong.

对抗邪恶最确定的手段是极端的个人主义、独立的思考、异想天开甚至古怪反常。

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt, and the profoundest wisdom to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.