The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.

文明的真正考验不是人口普查，不是城市的规模，也不是庄稼，而是国家培养出的人的类型。

相信自己是最强大的力量。

人生的意义是自己找到的。

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.

Tenho em mim todos os sonhos do mundo.

尽量慷慨。没有人在临终前会后悔自己给予了太多。