农业的真正进步不仅以产量衡量成功，还要看生态系统健康。

It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.

上帝对人类的唯一要求是一颗平静的心。

我不追随潮流，我创造潮流。

The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.

I don’t think you can compare different eras. Every era has its own challenges and its own special things.