希望是美好的，也许是人间至善，而美好的事物永不消逝。
Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.
The beauty of mathematics only shows itself to more patient followers.
The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.
——《民国月刊》出世辞（1913年5月20日)
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.