Literature is the most effective weapon against fanaticism.
百姓如果没有粮食,就不能供君王役使。所以,粮食不可不努力耕种,用度不可不厉行节俭。
印度企业家必须同时正直又狡猾，嘲讽又相信，狡诈又真诚。
我是个失败的诗人。也许每个小说家最初都想写诗，发现自己做不到后尝试短篇小说——那是仅次于诗歌要求最高的形式。连这个也失败了，他才会转向长篇小说。
The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath, to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.