The division of labor is limited by the extent of the market.

礼义廉耻，可以用来要求自己，不可用来要求别人。要求自己则能少犯过失，要求别人则难以与人和睦相处，难以与他人相处就不合乎处世之道。所以君子只严格要求自己，小人则对别人求全责备。

变得更好的唯一方式是与最强者竞争。

Legal positivism emphasizes the separation of law and morality.

The only real knowledge is self-knowledge.

I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing at that, only then does he turn to the novel.

The spread of liberal democracy around the world is not inevitable, but it is the most likely outcome of the historical process.