我宁愿做一个失败的作家，也不愿做一个成功的银行家。

The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.

朗兰兹纲领不是一个理论，而是一个由猜想和定理构成的网络，如果完全建立起来，它将统一数论和表示论。

I'm the kind of guy that'll make you wanna drink more.

The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that's changing quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.

The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community， against his will， is to prevent harm to others.

The writer’s duty is to tell the truth, even when it is uncomfortable.