The statesman， who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals， would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention but assume an authority which could safely be trusted， not only to no single person， but to no council or senate whatever， and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.

Don’t wait for opportunities—create them.

产业链的完善比单一技术的突破更重要。

对于人的责任，在于对待自己的本性，也同样适用于对待其他事物的本性。

The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that... no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.

He tried to weigh his soul to see if it was a poet's soul.