The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.

离别多年后，抑或再相逢。相逢何所语，泪流默无声。

译文：金子遇火烧炼才能识别出成色如何，人与钱财打交道就能看出心地如何。赏析：金钱虽非万能，却能看清人心。钱，是感情的试金石，它能探出人性，看透人心。钱能看清一个人的真实面目，也最能看清自己在别人心中的分量。

西方现在相对于其他文明而言处于一个非凡的权力巅峰。

The artist must be a servant of the sacred.