It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

今天对自由民主最严重的威胁不是来自共产主义或法西斯主义等敌对意识形态，而是来自内部——来自民粹主义的兴起和民主规范的侵蚀。