The desires， and other passions of man， in themselves， are in his own power； his real difficulties are， to know when they are to be controlled， and when not.

The individual is the only reality. The further we move away from the individual toward abstract ideas about Homo sapiens, the more likely we are to fall into error.

The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.

译文：在集市中是没有老虎的，这是人们都明了的，可是经过多个人的谣传，就像真的有老虎一样。