最大的风险是不冒任何风险。在一个快速变化的世界里，唯一注定失败的策略就是不冒险。

The power of human cognition comes from its ability to generalize.

文学是人类在日益非人化的世界中最后的避难所。

The past is a shadow that follows us, a ghost that haunts us.

The Government of the United States is a definite Government, confined to specified objects. It is not like the state governments, whose powers are more general.

词语不是透明不变的晶体；它是活的思想的外衣，会因使用环境和时代的不同而大幅改变其色彩和内容。