The science of government it is my duty to study, more than all other sciences; the arts of legislation and administration and negotiation ought to take the place of, indeed to exclude, in a manner, all other arts.
政府的科学是我必须研究的，比其他所有科学都重要；立法、行政和谈判的艺术应该取代，实际上在某种程度上排除所有其他艺术。
略知一点哲学可能使人倾向于无神论，但深刻的哲学可能使人回归到宗教。
译文：我本来是一介平民，在南阳务农亲耕，只想在乱世中苟且保全性命，不谋求在诸侯之中闻名显达。
艺术家的手必须由无意识引导。
The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.