The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.

在不确定的时代，灵活性比长期计划更重要。

一个故事可以改变一生——甚至可能改变世界。

The circumstances of the world are continually changing, and the opinions of man change also; and as government is for the living, and not for the dead, it is the living only that has any right in it.

 The wise reflect on their thoughts; the foolish indulge in their indulgences.

The best leaders are those who listen more than they speak.