作家必须成为四种人：疯子、偏执狂、文体家和批评家。

教育的目的不是使年轻人在任何一门科学上都变得完美，而是要打开和培养他们的思维，使他们在将来学习任何科学时都能胜任。

To be forgotten is worse than death.

Music is a sanctuary for the soul.

The legislative cannot transfer the power of making laws to any other hands: for it being but a delegated power from the people, they who have it cannot pass it over to others.

世人所知道的我，并不是实在的我。