A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else. Men’s happiness or misery is most part of their own making. He, whose mind directs not wisely, will never take the right way; and he, whose body is crazy and feeble, will never be able to advance in it.

La musique exprime ce qui ne peut être dit et sur quoi il est impossible de rester silencieux.

真正的作家永远是一个流亡者，即使在自己的国家也是如此。

作家必须是一个愿意独处的人。

历史学家既是侦探，也是讲故事的人。

选择那些傻瓜也能经营的企业——因为迟早会有傻瓜来经营它。