Laws that have not their basis in nature are useless.

最重要的，拥有跟随内心与直觉的勇气，你的内心与直觉多少已经知道你真正想要成为什么样的人。

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates.

抱最好的希望，做最坏的打算。

"We inherit not only our parents’ features but also their silences."

Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up.Discharge your duties faithfully and well.Systematically you get ahead, but not necessarily in fast spurts...At the end of the day if you live long enough most people get what they deserve.