It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world.

文学是反映人类最深欲望和恐惧的镜子。

写作是留下遗产的一种方式。

Freedom is the right to live as we wish.

生活是一种人人须学而无人能教的艺术。

我宁愿亲自监督政府的全部运作，而不是将公共事务委托给下属，这使我的职责非常重大。