在你年老之前，尽可能多地参加你能承受的葬礼，并仔细倾听。没有人会谈论逝者的成就。人们唯一会记得的是你在取得成就时是个什么样的人。
Before you are old， attend as many funerals as you can bear， and listen. Nobody talks about the departed’s achievements. The only thing people will remember is what kind of person you were while you were achieving.
在战争中，武力和欺骗是两个关键的美德。
The legislative cannot transfer the power of making laws to any other hands: for it being but a delegated power from the people, they who have it cannot pass it over to others.
避免错误的最佳方式是积累经验。
衡量一个经济体的真正成功标准是它如何为所有公民服务。
当我们被爱时，我们都会变得更好。
"Art is not a mirror to reflect reality, but a hammer with which to shape it."