The best architecture is the one that disappears, that becomes part of the landscape.

The chess-board is the world; the pieces are the phenomena of the universe; the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature.  

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

The truth is not always beautiful, but the pursuit of truth is always beautiful.

Pleasures， then， and the avoidance of pains， are the ends that the legislator has in view.

我们期望晚餐不是出自屠夫、啤酒商或面包师的仁慈，而是出自他们对自身利益的考虑。

Every story is a lie, but some lies are truer than others.

译文：老农种地虽不直接参与国政，但其勤惰关系国家兴衰。提醒统治者重视民生根本。