对舒缓的事情，要急速解决，因为思想敏锐，往往获得成功；对急迫的事情，应沉稳处理，因为急躁忙乱，常常漏洞百出。
我不会坐在这里试图成为别人。
The present state of the system of nature is evidently a consequence of what it was in the preceding moment, and if we conceive of an intelligence which at a given instant comprehends all the relations of the entities of this universe, it could state the respective positions, motions, and general effects of all these entities at any time in the past or future.
要将一个国家从最低级的野蛮状态带到最高度的富裕，所需的几乎只有和平、低税收和较为合理的司法管理。
只有那些渴望自由的人才能拥有自由。
"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths."