Nothing will have taken place but the place itself.

写作就像挖掘宝藏——直到你开始，你才会发现你会找到什么。

释义：做事要有合理的理论依据，这样有利于成就大事。自古以来，征战与讨伐必须师出有名。

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving，and that's your own self.

预测未来的最好方法是创造它。

试图阻止知识前进是没有好处的。无知永远不比知识好。

There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.