最大的悲剧不是我们预见的那些，而是我们从未预料到的那些。

创作的行为是一种转化的行为。

The poet is a man who can see the invisible and hear the inaudible.

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.

Craftsmanship is the soul of furniture-making; without it, we're just assembling materials.