La memoria es como un espejo roto en mil pedazos, y sin embargo cada fragmento refleja la verdad entera.
Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people's idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage.
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
一件事情都不能做到有始有终,就不要去操持其他的事情;一物也不明白,就不要追求博闻广记。