We are all bound by the social contract to obey the laws， but we also have the right to participate in making those laws.

我们不是从祖先那里继承海洋，而是从子孙那里借用它。

自然的简单性不应以我们概念的简单性来衡量。

生命太短暂，不要把时间浪费在无关紧要的事情上。

Virtue! a fig! 'tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners.

The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds， as they result either from the mere situation of the climate and country or from the form of government and of the character of the people， or from those finer principles and morals， which may be called the recommendations of philosophy.

你不仅要相信自己，还要相信你所做的事情。