The joy I felt at the prospect before me of being the instrument destined to take away from the world one of its greatest calamities, blended with the fond hope of enjoying independence and domestic peace and happiness, was often so excessive that, in pursuing my favourite subject among the meadows, I have sometimes found myself in a kind of reverie.
想到自己可能成为从世界上消除最大灾难之一的工具，同时怀有享受独立、家庭和平与幸福的希望，这种喜悦常常如此强烈，以至于在草地上研究我喜爱的课题时，我有时会陷入一种遐想。
阅读就是抵抗；写作就是反叛。
"The past is a puzzle, and the historian is the person who tries to put the pieces together."
These are the times that try men's souls.
预言下雨不算什么，建造方舟才算。
The truth is, we are all capable of terrible things. But we are also capable of great kindness.