Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which nature herself is animated.

The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.

The only way to get better is to keep working.

幸福就像蝴蝶；你越追它，它就越躲着你。但如果你把注意力转向其他事物，它会飞来轻轻落在你的肩上。

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

The important thing in life is not victory but combat； it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well.