所以说百工干事,都有法规可以衡量。现在大道治理天下,其次治理大国,却没有法度来衡量,这就是还不如百工聪明了。

数学的美在于它的普遍性。

To be a writer is to sit down at one's desk in the chill portion of every day, and to write; not waiting for the little jet of the blue flame of genius to start from the breastbone.

Les lois sont des toiles d'araignée à travers lesquelles passent les grosses mouches et où restent les petites.

One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.

"Language is the bridge between the soul and the world, and literature is the art of crossing that bridge."