Anything you say before the word “but” does not count.

The only way to escape the mundane is to embrace the extraordinary.

总的来说，治理的艺术在于从一类公民那里尽可能多地拿走钱，然后分给另一类公民。

I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.

"To read is to walk in someone else's shoes; to write is to leave your own footprints behind."