贤而多财，则损其志；愚而多财，则益其过。
译文：贤明的人如果长辈给自己留了太多的财产，则损害他的志向而变得不思进取；愚笨的人如果长辈给其留了太多的财产，则使其更加肆无忌惮使他的错误犯得更深更多。
The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.
Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them—and then, the opportunity to choose.
The writer must be a smuggler of truths, a clandestine agent of freedom.