In republican governments, men are all equal; equal they are also in despotic governments: in the former, because they are everything; in the latter, because they are nothing.

I'm not a perfectionist, but I like to feel that things are done well.

And that’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.

有利的时机和气候不如有利的地势，有利的地势不如人的齐心协力。

减少思虑，来调养心气；减少性欲来调养肾气；不要妄动，来调养骨气；戒止嗔怒，来调养肝气；饮食素淡，来调养胃气；减少话语，来调养神气；博鉴群书，来调养胆气；顺应时令，来调养元气。