The statesman， who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals， would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention but assume an authority which could safely be trusted， not only to no single person， but to no council or senate whatever， and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.

The best art is about change—about the movement of thought and the transformation of perception.

你宛若一场天国的绮梦，尘世的爱情不配去攀求。

The problem with words is that you never know whose mouths they have been in.

历史不仅仅是事件的记录；它是一个民族的灵魂，是他们的梦想与奋斗。