The biggest victories are the ones that are the hardest to achieve.

正该来时，先生（老子）应时来到这世间；正该去时，先生顺时离开这世间。安于时势，顺应自然规律，哀乐就不能进入心中。

"Stories are the way we remember who we are."

In mathematics, truth is found not through consensus but through proof.

最好的喜剧来自真实。

The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds， as they result either from the mere situation of the climate and country or from the form of government and of the character of the people， or from those finer principles and morals， which may be called the recommendations of philosophy.