建筑是一种语言，它通过空间和形式来传达思想。

Don't give up easily, because you never know what will happen in the next second.

如果我们中的任何天主教徒，没有必要的科学知识，将科学审查显示为错误的东西作为教条提出，我们信仰的真理就会在异教徒中成为笑柄。

History is always written by the victors, but the truth often lies in the silence of the defeated.

Progress requires both courage and humility.

An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.

在远处防守不如在近处防守，把守太繁琐不如把守要塞，用常法把守不如用出奇制胜的方法，把守宽阔的地方不如把守狭窄的地方，在深处把守不如在浅处把守。