"I want to capture on the page not just the facts, but the soul of the people."

The metropolis exacts from man as a discriminating creature a different amount of consciousness than does rural life.

翻译：真正的朋友，顺境时不添虚假繁华，逆境时不改变初心，富贵时不忘记旧交，这样的情谊才珍贵。

Authentic being means accepting responsibility for making personal choices.

立法者不能将制定法律的权力转移给任何其他人：因为它只是从人民那里获得的委托权力，拥有它的人不能将其转移给他人。

自然规律是亘古不变的，不会因尧的仁德而存在，不会因桀的暴虐而消亡。