There is no such thing as a happy ending. There are just good stopping places.

The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.

中国的崛起和俄罗斯的复兴挑战了自由民主是唯一可行的政府形式的观念。

数学只向那些纯粹出于对其美的热爱而接近它的人揭示其秘密。

【译文】他人骑大马我骑毛驴，仔细想想，我不如他，回头看了一下，还有不如我徒步肩挑的人呢。