写作是理解世界的一种方式。

"The past is always carried into the present by small things."

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.

The ideas of economists and political philosophers， both when they are right and when they are wrong， are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men， who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence， are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.