社交场中的闲逸令人厌恶的，因为它是被迫的；孤独生活中的闲逸是愉快的，因为它是自由的、出于自愿的。

战争是万物之母，和平是万物之父。

The minimum content of natural law is necessary for any legal system.

宇宙可以被理解这一事实是一个奇迹。

The beauty of mathematics lies in its ability to reveal the hidden structures of reality.

"A writer's greatest challenge is to remain honest to the story and to the characters."

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.