The science of government it is my duty to study, more than all other sciences; the arts of legislation and administration and negotiation ought to take the place of, indeed exclude, in a manner, all other arts.

I'm not a queen, I'm a king.

领导力在于以清晰的愿景做出艰难决策。

没有一个世纪，也没有一个国家曾经缺少过这样的专家，他们能够知道神祇的心思，而且也愿意表示出来。

Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.

Books are bridges—between people, places, and times.

解释：齐国是强国，利用它的强大进攻宋国，让他逞强，燕国就可以乘机打败齐国；齐国是大国，利用它的大国野心吞并宋国，增加土地，燕国就可以乘机进攻。

The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways we're not. We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence.

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'