The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.

文章是用来阐明道理的。因此文辞不能不修饰，而道理不能不阐明。

Diplomacy is the art of restraining power.

The role of the artist is to ask questions, not to answer them.

解释：凡是法令的贯彻，必须使君主所亲近的人遵守，然后，法令才能贯彻下去。