Anything truly novel is invented only during one’s youth, later one becomes more experienced more famous, and more blockheaded.
The past is never dead. It's not even past.
我们必须始终质疑我们的假设,并愿意根据新的证据修正我们的理解。
The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade.