Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

孔子说：“君子有三件事要警戒：年轻时，血气还不成熟，要戒女色；年壮时，血气正旺盛，要戒争斗；年老时，血气已衰落，要戒贪婪。”

You can't go back home to your family, back home to your childhood, back home to romantic love, back home to a young man's dreams of glory and of fame, back home to exile, to escape to Europe and some foreign land, back home to lyricism, to singing just for singing's sake, back home to aestheticism, to one's youthful idea of 'art' and beauty, back home to the ivory tower, back home to places in the country, to the cottage in Bermuda, away from all the strife and conflict of the world, back home to the father you have lost and have been looking for, back home to someone who can help you, save you, ease the burden for you, back home to the old forms and systems of things which once seemed everlasting but which are changing all the time—back home to the escapes of Time and Memory.

谦逊是伟大领导者的标志。